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Tess Marek: GOOGL plunged -5.34% (98th percentile) since the open — its 27th-biggest since-the-open day of the last 1148 sessions, rising +0.95% at the open before that plunge kicked in.

Tess Marek: CNBC Technology had it at 12:14 ET — Google chief scientist Jeff Dean leaving in an AI reshuffle after 27 years at the company. Our tape checks show he has not posted about this ticker today.

Tess Marek: A leadership departure of that magnitude shakes the foundation, and GOOGL plunged -5.34% (98th percentile) as the market digested the news.

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