US EditionApple removing key robotics team from John Giannandrea's oversight
- Apple moves its robotics unit from AI leader John Giannandrea to hardware SVP John Ternus.
- This shift follows Apple transferring Siri oversight from Giannandrea just last month.
- The team develops secret projects like a tabletop device with a robotic arm.
- Ternus now oversees this group and another existing robotics and smart home team.
- This organizational change allows Giannandrea's group to focus on core AI technology.
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Apple to strip secret robotics unit from AI chief weeks after moving Siri
Apple Inc. will remove its secret robotics unit from the command of its artificial intelligence chief, the latest shake-up in response to the company’s AI struggles. Apple plans to relocate the robotics team from John Giannandrea’s AI organization to the hardware division later this month, according to people with knowledge of the move. That will place it under Senior Vice President John Ternus, who oversees hardware engineering, said the people…
Apple's Secret Robotics Team Gets New Leadership
Apple is removing another project from AI chief John Giannandrea, and he will no longer oversee Apple's secret robotics division, according to Bloomberg. After Apple failed to deliver promised Apple Intelligence Siri features on time under Giannandrea's leadership, Apple asked Vision Pro chief Mike Rockwell to oversee the Siri team and future Siri development instead. Now the robotics team will make a similar move, transitioning to the hardw…
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