It came almost 12 months after Google combined two key AI groups, DeepMind and Google Brain.
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Then, in April last year, Pichai announced he would merge DeepMind with Google's in-house AI unit, known as Brain, into a supergroup named Google DeepMind.
Reid reports directly to Raghavan, the ads and search senior vice president, and is shepherding a dramatic transition of Google Search.
Fears of chatbots eating into Google's search dominance have yet to be realized, giving Google time to reinvent its most hallowed product.
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