Apple Ai Chief Steps Down Following Siri Setbacks

Apple AI main John Giannandrea is stepping down from his position, according to an announcement connected Monday. The alteration comes arsenic Apple struggles to get nan motorboat of its AI-powered Siri backmost connected way aft delaying its motorboat earlier this year.

Now, Amar Subramanya will service arsenic Apple’s vice president of AI. Subramanya spent 16 years astatine Google, wherever he worked connected Gemini, earlier joining Microsoft arsenic nan firm VP of AI successful July. He’ll oversee nan improvement of Apple’s AI models, instrumentality learning research, and AI information and evaluation, according to nan property release.

Giannandrea, who joined Apple successful 2018, will proceed moving arsenic an advisor earlier retiring successful nan outpouring of 2026. In March, Apple pushed backmost nan release of a much personalized Siri, admitting that “it’s taking longer than we thought.” Bloomberg later reported that Apple CEO Tim Cook had “lost confidence” successful Giannandrea’s expertise to lead nan company’s AI and Siri team, starring him to put Vision Pro leader Mike Rockwell successful charge.

Apple says Subramanya’s acquisition successful integrating AI investigation into products “will beryllium important to Apple’s ongoing invention and early Apple Intelligence features.” As portion of nan shift, Subramanya will study to Apple package SVP Craig Federighi. Apple expects to motorboat an upgraded Siri adjacent year.

“AI has agelong been cardinal to Apple’s strategy, and we are pleased to invited Amar to Craig’s activity squad and to bring his bonzer AI expertise to Apple,” Cook says successful a statement. “In summation to increasing his activity squad and AI responsibilities pinch Amar’s joining, Craig has been instrumental successful driving our AI efforts, including overseeing our activity to bring a much personalized Siri to users adjacent year.”

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