Apple’s AI Search Head Ke Yang Exits for Meta

Apple’s AI Search Head Ke Yang Exits for Meta

Apple’s head of AI search effort, Ke Yang, is leaving the company to join Meta Platforms, just weeks after being appointed to lead a team developing features to make Siri more ChatGPT-like.

Yang’s team, known as Answers, Knowledge and Information (AKI), is central to a major Siri revamp planned for March, which aims to enhance the voice assistant’s ability to pull information from the web and handle complex requests.

This move marks another significant departure from Apple’s artificial intelligence division, following the exit of Ruoming Pang, the founder of Apple’s Foundation Models team, who also joined Meta.

The AKI team is crucial to Apple’s efforts to compete with OpenAI, Google, and other tech giants in the AI-powered search market.

Yang’s exit adds to the instability within Apple’s AI ranks, with several top researchers and engineers leaving the company in recent months.

The departure highlights the intense competition for top talent in the AI space, with Meta aggressively hiring to strengthen its position.

Apple’s revamped Siri is expected to include advanced features, such as tapping into personal data to handle complex requests, and will be part of the company’s broader effort to revive its struggling AI operations.

With Yang’s departure, the AKI team will be relocated under Benoit Dupin, a deputy to AI chief John Giannandrea. #Apple’s AI Search Head Ke Yang Exits for Meta#

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