Apple loses another AI exec to Meta

October 16, 2025

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Ke Yang, the Apple executive leading the iPhone-maker’s efforts to build AI-driven web search, is heading to Meta, according to a Bloomberg report.

Yang’s departure marks the latest in a string of exits from Apple’s AI unit, putting the company into jeopardy in the lead up to a much-anticipated Siri revamp scheduled for March. Rouming Pang, Apple’s former head of AI models, left for Meta rel=”nofollow” href=”https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-07/apple-loses-its-top-ai-models-executive-to-meta-s-hiring-spree?srnd=phx-technology”>earlier this year. Roughly a dozen team members on Apple’s AIML (AI and machine learning) team also left the company. Several members joined Meta’s…

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Apple loses another AI exec to Meta

October 16, 2025

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Ke Yang, the Apple executive leading the iPhone-maker’s efforts to build AI-driven web search, is heading to Meta, according to a Bloomberg report.

Yang’s departure marks the latest in a string of exits from Apple’s AI unit, putting the company into jeopardy in the lead up to a much-anticipated Siri revamp scheduled for March. Rouming Pang, Apple’s former head of AI models, left for Meta rel=”nofollow” href=”https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-07/apple-loses-its-top-ai-models-executive-to-meta-s-hiring-spree?srnd=phx-technology”>earlier this year. Roughly a dozen team members on Apple’s AIML (AI and machine learning) team also left the company. Several members joined Meta’s…

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