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At least four AI researchers and a senior Siri executive left Apple recently for Meta and Google DeepMind amid team reorganizations and a shift to Google's Gemini models.
- Yesterday, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reported Apple lost at least four AI researchers and a top Siri executive in recent weeks, with departures to Meta and Google DeepMind.
- Apple's AI reorganization over the last year included choosing Google's Gemini platform for Siri a few months ago, with Gurman saying the decision was partly driven by money.
- The latest exits include Yinfei Yang, Haoxuan You, Bailin Wang and Zirui Wang; Yang started a new company, You and Bailin joined Meta, and Zirui Wang moved to Google DeepMind with Stuart Bowers.
- Departures coincide with Apple's Siri development work for iOS 26.4 this year, featuring personal-context understanding and likely requiring an iPhone 15 Pro or newer.
- Internally, Apple runs many tools on Anthropic, with custom Claude instances powering product development, though Gurman says `Anthropic was holding them over a barrel` with steep pricing demands.
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Apple Loses More AI Researchers and a Siri Executive in Latest Departures
Apple Inc. has lost at least four more of its artificial intelligence researchers in recent weeks in addition to a top Siri executive, with the staff headed to employers such as Meta Platforms Inc. and Google DeepMind.
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In a recent interview with the tech podcast TBPN, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman revealed that Apple was initially "going to rebuild Siri around Claude," the large language model and chatbot developed by the company Anthropic. In the end, though, Apple announced that it had decided to use Google's Gemini platform instead. According to Gurman, Apple went with Google due at least in part to money. "Anthropic was holding them over a barrel," said Gurman, …
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