Apple Announces John Giannandrea's Retirement and Appointment of Amar Subramanya as AI Vice President
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Apple announces the retirement of John Giannandrea, the company's senior vice president of Machine Learning and AI Strategy, who has been with Apple since 2018. Amar Subramanya will join Apple as vice president of AI, reporting to Craig Federighi. Giannandrea will remain at Apple through the end of 2025 to ensure a smooth transition. The article highlights Giannandrea's contributions to Apple's AI initiatives including Siri, Core ML, and privacy-focused machine learning, as well as Subramanya's background from Google where he led the Gemini team.
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Amar Subramanya will join Apple as vice president of AI, reporting to Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering.
John has been an incredible leader and a driving force behind our AI and machine learning efforts, and we wish him all the best in his retirement.
Amar is a world-class leader in AI with deep experience building and shipping some of the most advanced AI systems in the world.
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