How Demis Hassabis became Google's best superpower in the AI race — and maybe its next CEO

DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis. Jack Taylor/Getty Images for SXSW London One of Google's most powerful leaders is someone who long tried to distance his company from the search giant. AI mastermind and chess wiz Demis Hassabis, who founded DeepMind and later sold it to Google in 2014, has been…