Shake‑up (Aug 3‑9): Nobel Laureate Leaves DeepMind, Jeff Dean Starts Startup
From Alphabet’s leadership reshuffle—Nobel laureate Demis Hassabis stepping down as DeepMind CEO and Jeff Dean launching a new AI venture—to Baidu’s Wenxin topping benchmarks, OpenAI’s security hire, SpaceX’s soaring AI‑driven revenue, MiniMax H3’s open‑source video model, FFmpeg 9.0’s release, and a novel AI‑text detection framework, this week’s roundup captures the most pivotal tech industry developments.
