"They're not called the AI talent wars for nothing. With Big Tech firms scrambling to attract top talent, executives and artificial intelligence researchers have done a lot of job-hopping this year, and Apple employees were no exception. The company has lost over a dozen employees who worked on its AI projects, from executives to scientists to engineers, and even its AI chief, John Giannandrea, who announced this week he was stepping down from the role."
"Nine of the former Apple employees listed below have landed at Meta, where CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been offering notoriously large pay packages and incentives to attract AI talent from across the industry. Other ex-Applers jumped ship to join OpenAI. To be sure, Apple has done some of its own recruiting too; its new vice president of AI is Amar Subramanya, who left Google in June to join Microsoft, only to join Apple several months later."
Apple experienced significant turnover among employees working on AI this year, including executives, scientists, engineers, and AI chief John Giannandrea, who will step down and advise until his 2026 retirement. Nine former Apple employees moved to Meta, attracted by large pay packages and incentives. Other departures include hires at OpenAI and AI startups, while some employees announced retirements. Apple continued to recruit for AI leadership, hiring Amar Subramanya as vice president of AI and bringing in Jennifer Newstead as general counsel. Departures affected both leadership and technical teams across Apple’s AI initiatives.
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