Apple appears to be experiencing about Silicon Valley-average churn of engineers in it’s AI program, and the recent departures, including a Siri engineering executive, are no exception.
A few AI researchers have left Apple
A few AI researchers have left Apple
The company is working to rebuild Siri around Apple Intelligence, aiming to transform it from a collection of narrow features into a more capable, system-level interface. The effort follows years of criticism that Siri has fallen behind rival assistants using large language models.
Employee turnover is routine in Silicon Valley, especially in a labor market as competitive as artificial intelligence. Apple’s recent departures fit that pattern and don’t point to disruption inside the company’s Siri roadmap.