Apple Inc. has suffered a major blow to its artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions as one of its most senior AI engineers, Ruoming Pang, departs to join Meta,reported Bloomberg.
Pang, who led the iPhone maker’s foundational models team, is reportedly the latest in a string of high-profile recruits by class=”backlink” target=”_blank” href=”https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/who-is-daniel-gross-tech-veteran-who-joins-meta-as-zuckerberg-deepens-ai-talent-hunt-11751645981055.html” data-vars-page-type=”story” data-vars-link-type=”Manual”>Meta’s newly established superintelligence division.
Pang’s exit marks a significant setback for Apple’s internal AI efforts. Having joined Apple from Alphabet Inc. in 2021, he was heading a 100-strong team responsible for developing large language…
