Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently announced a major reorganization of the company, forming new technology divisions dedicated to cloud and AI research, apart from quite a few notable leadership changes. Google is now following suit by splitting the company's web search group into two different units, one dedicated to AI research and the other to core search.

Google's new move comes in the wake of John Giannandrea stepping down from his role as head of the combined AI and search division after two years at the helm. Google merged the Search and AI divisions into a single entity back in February 2016 and assigned Giannandrea the role of leading the new division.

Giannandrea will now have a different role at the company, according to a report from Bloomberg. As for the change in leadership, Ben Gomes, head of Google's search technology team and a 19-year veteran, will now lead the resurrected search unit. On the other hand, Jeff Dean, who co-founded the company's AI research unit called Google Brain, will now lead the entire AI team.

The management shuffle and restructuring of the search and AI division was confirmed by a Google spokesperson to The Information.