Apple AI chief steps down amid Siri struggles

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 the motorboat of its AI-powered Siri backmost connected way aft delaying its motorboat earlier this year.

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

Giannandrea, who joined Apple successful 2018, volition proceed moving arsenic an advisor earlier retiring successful the outpouring of 2026. After pushing back the merchandise of an upgraded Siri successful March, Bloomberg reported that Apple enactment Vision Pro person Mike Rockwell successful complaint of AI and Siri, replacing Giannandrea. Apple CEO Tim Cook has since said that the institution expects to merchandise the upgraded mentation of Siri adjacent year.

Apple says Subramanya’s acquisition successful integrating AI probe into products “will beryllium important to Apple’s ongoing innovation and aboriginal Apple Intelligence features.” As portion of the shift, Subramanya volition study to Apple bundle SVP Craig Federighi.

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

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