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India Today
18-07-2025
- Business
- India Today
Meta hires two more Apple AI researchers after poaching their boss for Superintelligence push
Meta has hired two more senior Apple researchers for its newly formed Superintelligence Labs division, continuing its aggressive recruitment of top artificial intelligence talent. According to a report by Bloomberg, Mark Lee has already joined Meta, while Tom Gunter is expected to come on board shortly. Both were part of Apple's AI team and worked closely with Ruoming Pang, the former head of Apple's Foundation Models group, who recently left the company for a multi-million-dollar compensation package from brings the total to at least three major hires Meta has made from Apple's AI division in recent weeks. Pang, who was responsible for leading development of advanced AI models, including those behind Apple's plans for a smarter Siri, joined Meta earlier this month. His departure is considered a major setback for Apple's efforts in catching up with rivals like Google and has declined to comment on the hires, while Apple has yet to issue a response. These moves are part of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's larger vision to build artificial general intelligence (AGI) through a new unit called Superintelligence Labs. Zuckerberg recently announced that Meta would spend hundreds of billions of dollars over the next few years to support this push, including building massive data lead the AI charge, Meta brought in Alexandr Wang, founder of Scale AI, as its Chief AI Officer after investing in his company at a $29 billion valuation. In addition to ex-Apple researchers, Meta has also hired leading minds from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. This includes Yuanzhi Li, who worked on GPT models, and Anton Bakhtin, who contributed to Anthropic's Claude everyone in the tech industry is pleased with Meta's recruiting spree. OpenAI's head of research, Mark Chen, compared it to 'someone breaking into our home and stealing something.' OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also accused Meta of offering $100 million signing bonuses to his employees. However, Meta's CTO Andrew Bosworth pushed back, saying such high pay deals were exaggerated and applied only to top leadership Apple is working quickly to rebuild its AI team. Pang's deputy, Tom Gunter, has also left, and the team will now be led by Zhifeng Chen, with added responsibilities shared among other Superintelligence Labs now includes more than a dozen top researchers from the world's leading AI labs, signalling how fierce the race has become to build the next generation of AI systems.- EndsTrending Reel
Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Meta Hires Two Key AI Researchers From Apple
Meta is bringing in a pair of key artificial intelligence experts who worked at Apple Inc., hiring Mark Lee and Tom Gunter for its Superintelligence Labs team, shortly after poaching their former boss from the iPhone maker. Tom Mackenzie reports on Bloomberg Television.
Bloomberg
18-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Meta Hires Two Key AI Researchers From Apple
Meta is bringing in a pair of key artificial intelligence experts who worked at Apple Inc., hiring Mark Lee and Tom Gunter for its Superintelligence Labs team, shortly after poaching their former boss from the iPhone maker. Tom Mackenzie reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Meta hires two Apple AI researchers after poaching their boss, Bloomberg reports
(Reuters) -Meta Platforms has hired Apple AI researchers Mark Lee and Tom Gunter for its Superintelligence Labs team, Bloomberg news reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Lee has started at Meta after leaving Apple in recent days, while Gunter will begin work in the near future, the report said. Reuters couldn't immediately verify the report. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Meta hires two Apple AI researchers after poaching their boss, Bloomberg reports
(Reuters) -Meta Platforms has hired Apple AI researchers Mark Lee and Tom Gunter for its Superintelligence Labs team, Bloomberg news reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Lee has started at Meta after leaving Apple in recent days, while Gunter will begin work in the near future, the report said. Reuters couldn't immediately verify the report. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
