Disclosure: Hasabis Also Wanted to Leave, Google Was Afraid the Stock Price Couldn't Handle It and Forced the Person to Stay

According to Pathfounders monitoring, Pathfounders cited industry sources as saying that Hasabis originally planned to leave Google at the same time as Jeff Dean. However, the management was concerned that the departure of the two AI leaders together would severely impact the stock price, so they persuaded him to stay for the time being.

In the end, Jeff Dean and others resigned, while Hasabis moved to the position of Chairman of Google DeepMind and Chief Scientist of Alphabet. After the news was announced, Alphabet's stock price dropped by about 5%.

Pathfounders stated that this may only be a transitional arrangement, and once the situation stabilizes, Hasabis may still leave Google.