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Apple\u2019s head of AI models, Ruoming Pang, is leaving the company to work at Meta<\/a>, Bloomberg reported on Monday. This marks the latest high-ranking AI executive Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has scooped up to lead his new AI superintelligence unit.<\/p>\n Pang previously ran Apple\u2019s in-house team that trained the AI foundation models that underpin Apple Intelligence and other on-device AI features, according to the report. Apple\u2019s AI models haven\u2019t exactly been a huge success \u2014 they\u2019re far less capable than what OpenAI, Anthropic, and even Meta offer. Apple has reportedly even considered tapping third-party AI models<\/a> to power its forthcoming AI-enabled Siri upgrade.<\/p>\n Sources told Bloomberg that Pang\u2019s departure might be the first of many in Apple\u2019s troubled AI unit.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, Pang could bring expertise in designing small, on-device AI models to Meta, joining an array of talent Zuckerberg has poached in recent months, including leaders from Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and Safe Superintelligence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n