Apple Inc. Remove your secret robotics division from the team of its artificial intelligence team, the last upheaval in response to the AI fight.
Apple plans to move the robotics team from AI John Dzhnandrea to the equipment department at the end of this month, people who know this step report. This will put it under the senior vice -president John Ternus, who controls the equipment, said that the people who asked him not to determine because the changes are not public.
Waiting for the change will be noted the second major project, which will be removed from Giannandrea last month: CompanytornIn March, his voice assistant Siri Voice for the first time. Changes are part of a broader effort to catch up with artificial intelligence, a field in which Apple is behind technical peers such as Alphabet Inc. Google and Openai.
Giannandrea, a former Google leader who holds the position of Senior Vice -President on machine learning and artificial intelligence strategy, continues to manage most AIP Apple efforts. And the changes will give it a group more time to focus on the main technology of artificial intelligence, people said.
Cupertino representative, California, Apple refused to comment.
The Siri engineering unit was occupied by Mike Rockwell, who previously managed the Vision Pro software. As part of this change, Rockwell supported control over the Visionos operating system. He is Replacement of most controls Bloomberg News reports this week, Bloomberg News reports.
On the contrary, the robotics teamBehind the scenesIn Apple. It is working on the methods of using AI Technologies for electricity – potentially putting the basis for the new product category. GroupleadVeteran’s head Kevin Lynch, who led Apple Watch Software and already a non -existent initiative of the self -government company.
As part of the Apple robotics project plans to releasea desktop robotAn artificial limb is used to move the artificial limb. In the future, the group discussed the construction of mobile machines, including roaming -rifle similar to Amazon Astro. The products are designed for television, which means that they will allow users to video conference with others.
Robots quickly become one of the most exciting fields in the silicone valley, with Tesla Inc, Meta -platform Inc. And other giants put billions of dollars in the category. After losing position in the generative II,Cancel your car driving plansAnd late for the smart home market, Apple can be poorly fabricated to miss another major AI-II category.
The best Apple executives believe in Ternus’s ability to control the project. He is one of the most trusted lieutenants of Chief Executive Director Tim Kuk and is already responsible for the equipment for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro and most other products. Many employees believe the ternus may be Next CEO Apple – A future change that can occur at a time when robots become more basic.
Ternus already has a jurisdiction against the equipment of the engineering team managed by the heads of Castel and Brian Lynch, who are working on robotics and smart home technology. The latest upheaval also suggests that Apple is increasing work on efforts and wants both groups to be covered more carefully under one boss.
The Lynch unit move is also noticeable because it provides Ternus control over the AI key operating system and algorithms, which are not usually managed by the equipment department. MernBriefly oversutedVision Pro software – until Rockwell has gone with this team to the software organization. It coincided with the change of Siri control last month.
For Giannandrea Switch will mark another trial of all kinds after Main delays on the key features of Siri and a quick response to the Apple Intelligence Platform. He has now lost hundreds of engineers only this year – Ternus, Rockwell and Craig Federiga software chief – after Cook has lost his belief in his ability to perform new products.
The changes have released the Giannandrea group to focus on the development of major models that will feed on Apple’s future products – including Apple Intelligence and Siri.
Group AI and Machine Training Bulled by Some Employees as “AI/Mless“,” Is experiencing a few months after many delays to the promising functions of Siri.Meeting in the hands last monthFormer Siri head of Apple under Giannandre – Robbie Walker – called the situation “ugly” and “awkward”.
Giannandrea did not give its team any sign that it plans to leave soon, but the constant shift of duties has caused the prospect that the company could prepare for the world without the executive power at the helm of its efforts AI. Eight years after the combination of AI AIP commands in one group with the hiannandrea hire, the AI and ML gap looks more likely to say.
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