Meta hires Apple's AI head, intensifying talent war

Edited by: Olga Sukhina

Meta Platforms Inc. has recruited Ruoming Pang, Apple's head of the foundation models team. This move highlights the ongoing competition for top AI talent.

Pang led a team of approximately 100 engineers at Apple. They were responsible for developing large language models for features like Apple Intelligence and Siri.

Meta, under CEO Mark Zuckerberg, offered Pang a compensation package reportedly worth tens of millions of dollars annually. Zhifeng Chen will now lead Apple's foundation models team.

Sources

  • Digit

  • MacRumors

  • Business Standard

  • TechCrunch

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