Apple's AI Talent Continues to Decline as Head of Robotics Research Defects to Meta

On September 3rd, as per foreign media reports, the lead of Apple's (AAPL.O) AI robot research has resigned and joined Meta Platforms (META.O), which represents the latest instance of talent loss in AI at the company. Meta confirmed on Tuesday that Jian Zhang has joined its Robotics Lab. According to sources, three other AI researchers are also scheduled to leave Apple's internal large language model team. The recent wave of resignations that took place last week is said to have included John Peebles, Nan Du, and Zhao Men. These individuals all come from Apple's base model team, and around 10 members have resigned from this team in recent weeks, including the team lead. This team is a crucial force in developing Apple's AI platform, which was launched last year as a significant step for the company to keep up with the AI trend. (Jinse)