Google’s NotebookLM leader is taking over as head of the Gemini app

Sissie Hsaio, the Google exec who oversaw the motorboat of the company’s AI chatbot, is stepping down arsenic caput of the Gemini app, according to a study from Semafor. A memo seen by the outlet reveals that Google Labs vice president Josh Woodward volition instrumentality her place.

In the memo, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis said the determination volition “sharpen our absorption connected the adjacent improvement of the Gemini app,” reports Semafor. Google spokesperson Alex Joseph confirmed Semafor’s reporting but declined to comment.

Hsaio has worked astatine Google for astir 20 years, archetypal joining the institution successful 2006 arsenic a merchandise manager for Search and Docs. Google appointed Hsaio arsenic the caput of Gemini apps successful 2021, wherever she astir notably helped motorboat the company’s reply to ChatGPT, primitively called Bard. Hsaio’s memo said she volition instrumentality a “short break” coming backmost to Google successful a caller position, Semafor reports.

As noted by Semafor, Woodward volition stay the caput of Google Labs “while shaping the adjacent section of Gemini.” Woodward helped make NotebookLM, Google’s AI-powered note-taking app, which features an Audio Overview instrumentality that transforms probe into a podcast with 2 AI “hosts.” Google has since brought NotebookLM to its One AI Premium subscription and present lets users marque AI podcasts from Gemini’s Deep Research, too.