Apple is experiencing an increasing internal crisis, after about much of its artificial intelligence experts – including top researchers – have left the company in recent months, attracted by Silicon Valley rivals that offer astronomical salaries and more ambitious projects, informs Financial Times. Giants such as Meta, Openai, Xai (founded by Elon Musk) and the Canadian Cohere start-up have actively recruited from Apple's AI since the beginning of this year. This massive migration feeds fears that the Cupertino giant remains more and more in the global race for artificial intelligence. Notable losses include Brandon McKinzie and Dian Ang Yap, two engineers specialized in fundamental AI models, who were recently recruited by Openai. In June, Cohere hired the researcher in automatic learning Liutong Zhou. Another major shock came last month, when Ruoming Pang, the leader of Apple's fundamental models, was convinced to move to Meta. The company condemned by Mark Zuckerberg has launched an aggressive recruitment offensive, offering signature packages that exceed $ 100 million to attract top talents. Other important members of the Apple team who have passed Meta included Mark Lee, Tom Gunter, Bowen Zhang and Shuang Ma. In July, British researcher Floris Weers, part of the team led by Pang, left to join a discreet start-up, still in the development phase. Many of these specialists have previously contributed to relevant scientific works in AI, published by Apple in 2023, a rarity for a notorious company for its discretion, but which began to go out of shadow in this area. All these departures come at a critical moment: Last week, CEO Tim Cook promised bigger investments in AI research and organized a rare meeting with all employees, stressing that Apple «has to win the fight.»
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