Meta hires key figure from Apple in artificial intelligence field

American technology giant Meta has brought Ruoming Pang, who was responsible for the development of artificial intelligence (AI) models at Apple, into its fold. While the recruitment of big names for leadership positions in the AI sector has accelerated recently, Meta, under the management of Mark Zuckerberg, continues to strengthen its ambitions in this field.

As part of Meta leader Mark Zuckerberg's strategy, another name is being added to the AI executives transferred from companies such as DeepMind, OpenAI, and Safe Superintelligence. The transition of Apple's head of AI models, Ruoming Pang, to Meta will bring significant experience to the company's device-based AI efforts.

Pang was managing the team that trained the AI models at the core of Apple Intelligence and on-device AI features. In technology circles, it is being discussed that Pang's departure could be the beginning of larger-scale defections from Apple's AI department. It is noted that Pang's move to Meta is drawing attention, as Apple's recent AI models have failed to meet industry expectations.

Meta, meanwhile, had recently laid the foundations for its new AI superintelligence unit by adding high-level experts in the field of AI from companies such as Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and Safe Superintelligence to its teams, alongside Pang. With these transfers, Meta aims to get ahead of its competitors in the race for artificial intelligence technologies. Whether this aggressive move by the company will provide an advantage against Apple's AI initiatives, which have not yet reached the desired level, is being watched with curiosity in the technology world.

News Source: 12punto