Apple announced that the company’s AI chief John Giannandrea is stepping down from his position and being replaced by Microsoft’s Amar Subramanya.
Apple today announced that John Giannandrea, the company’s Senior VP for Machine Learning and AI Strategy, will be stepping down early next year. Giannandrea’s departure comes in the wake of Apple missing the boat on generative AI, a misstep that currently leaves Apple playing catch-up in the AI space. Compounding matters is that many of Apple’s ongoing efforts to implement AI across its platforms have paled in comparison to some of the more exciting innovations we’ve seen from companies like OpenAI and Google.
Stepping in for Giannandrea will be Amar Subramanya who, for the past six months, has served as Microsoft’s corporate VP of AI. Prior to that, he was a VP of Engineering at Google where he worked on AI software like Gemini. «Subramanya will be leading critical areas, including Apple Foundation Models, ML research, and AI Safety and Evaluation», Apple’s press release reads in part. «The balance of Giannandrea’s organization will shift to Sabih Khan and Eddy Cue to align closer with similar organizations.
