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In a departure that took almost as long as Siri needs to find some obscure music requests, Apple has announced a new vice president of AI: Amar Subramanya, who will replace former AI chief John Giannandrea.
Apple's John Giannandrea is departing after joining the company in 2018. Siri improvements and AI features may not come until next year.
The unexpected change comes as the world's second-largest public company struggles to compete in the AI revolution.
Apple shows increasing urgency to advance its AI capabilities as competition intensifies across the tech industry.
Apple AI chief John Giannandrea is stepping down from his position, according to an announcement on Monday. The change comes as Apple struggles to get its AI-powered Siri back on track after delaying its launch earlier this year.
The reorganization heralds a new era for Apple’s AI work, which has failed to keep up with rivals.
Meanwhile, Nvidia announced that it bought $2 billion of Synopsys stock as part of a partnership to accelerate computing and AI engineering work. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called the agreement a "huge deal" on CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" yesterday. Synopsys shares surged nearly 5% in Monday's session, while Nvidia added more than 1%.
A new paper shows how Apple is exploring deeper cardiac health insights with the help of AI and a simple optical sensor. Here are the details.
The poor reception of Apple Intelligence and its biggest feature, a much-improved Siri that’s still not released, led to a shake-up.