Google DeepMind's AI Responsibility Team to Move to Global Affairs Organization

Google is reportedly moving its approximately 90-person AI responsibility team out of Google DeepMind to its global affairs organization, which handles lobbying and public policy. This internal reorganization, effective in September, aims to integrate AI safety and responsibility work more closely across the company. However, the move has raised concerns among some employees about the team's continued access to DeepMind's AI research and its ability to conduct independent safety research, particularly regarding the development of Google's Gemini AI models.