Apple says AI chief John Giannandrea is stepping down and will retire in spring 2026; ex-Microsoft CVP Amar Subramanya takes over, reporting to Craig Federighi
Apple AI chief John Giannandrea is stepping down from his position and retiring in spring 2026, Apple announced today.
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@mgsiegler
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Yesterday, 20 mins in: “Who is in charge of AI? Right now it's been John Giannandrea... it sort of feels like the writings on the wall there. That he will probably not be there for very much longer.” Didn't expect “very much longer” to be a few hours... https://www.youtube.com/..…
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@swyx
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“Aman Subramanya brings a wealth of experience to Apple, having most recently served as CVP of AI at Microsoft, and previously spent 16 years at Google, where he was head of engineering for Google's Gemini” this is burying the lede. he joined Microsoft AI FOUR MONTHS AGO 🤯 [image…
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@aaronp613
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BREAKING: John Giannandrea, Apple's senior vice president for Machine Learning and AI Strategy, is stepping down. Apple also announced that renowned AI researcher Amar Subramanya has joined Apple as vice president of AI, reporting to Craig Federighi. [image]
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@raywongy
Ray Wong
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Who's even left at Apple lol https://www.apple.com/...
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@markgurman
Mark Gurman
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Strange hire for a number of reasons but it's hard to argue the Apple job is a bad one. Anything is an improvement at this point so the bar is as low as it comes. Easy layup on the resume.
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@mgsiegler
M.G. Siegler
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[Gif: “Why am I not surprised"]
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@kevinakwok
Kevin Kwok
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Hard to think of a tenure that did less with more [image]
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@parkerortolani
Parker Ortolani
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Speaks volumes that they needed to do a newsroom post for this with the departure and not the hire as the headline. https://www.apple.com/...
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@munster_gene
Gene Munster
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Three takeaways from the news...1. The new Siri is likely on track for a spring release... 2. He most likely was asked to retire...3. They want more from AI. The new head of Apple AI, Amar Subramanya most recently was a VP of AI at Microsoft, and previously at Google for 16 y…
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@markgurman
Mark Gurman
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Apple AI chief John Giannandrea is leaving the company. Amar Subramanya from Microsoft is joining to lead AI under Craig Federighi.
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@tunguz
Bojan Tunguz
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“under Craig Federighi” - that explains everything. 🙄
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@elsargentogarcia
@elsargentogarcia
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Goody, a Microsoft executive in charge of apple AI. Pardon me while I don't buy any new products from apple. Signed, a former Apple shareholder.
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@edbott.com
Ed Bott
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Hmmm, the new AI guy at Apple spent 16 YEARS at Google, then four MONTHS at Microsoft, and now off to Cupertino?
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