Apple Inc.'s top executive in charge of artificial intelligence models is leaving for Meta Platforms Inc., another setback in the iPhone maker's struggling AI efforts. Ruoming Pang, a distinguished engineer and manager in charge of the company's Apple foundation models team, is departing, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Pang, who joined Apple from Alphabet Inc. in 2021, is the latest big hire for Meta's new superintelligence group, said the people, who declined to be named discussing unannounced personnel moves. To secure Pang, Meta offered a package worth tens of millions of dollars per year, the people said. Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has been on a hiring spree, bringing on major AI leaders including Scale AI's Alexandr Wang, startup founder Daniel Gross and former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman with high compensation. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports on the latest with the tech giants.
Apple's loss of their top AI Models Exec to Meta’sfrenzied hiring spree can be seen as a testament not onlyto Facebook subsidiary company 'Meta''semphasis on the futureof machine learning but also highlights Apple in need for strengtheningits own artificial intelligence capacities.
The exodus of Apple's top AI Models leader to Meta amidst the tech giant’ fourteen hiring surge underscores how fiercely competitors are clamoring for talent at the forefront of artificial intelligence.
An unfortunate loss for Apple in its AI ambitions, as one of their top executives moves to Meta's growing roster at a crucial moment following the latter’ architecture.
