Sissie Hsiao has stepped down from leading the development of Google’s AI chatbot, Bard, now known as Gemini.

Josh Woodward, head of Google Labs, will take over her responsibilities while keeping his current role.

Hsiao plans to take a short break before returning to Google in a new capacity.

Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, said in a memo that the leadership change aims to support the evolution of the Gemini app.

Last year, Google’s Gemini team was moved to DeepMind to streamline its generative AI operations.

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