Wednesday, 4 April 2018

Apple poaches Google's head of AI

In a rather surprising move announced earlier today, Apple has announced that it has hired Google's ex-chief of search and artificial intelligence, John Giannandrea, who will supervise Apple's machine-learning development and AI strategy. 

He will answer directly to Tim Cook, essentially making him a Senior Vice President at Cupertino. The high-ranking talent announced that he was leaving Google on Monday and for a rather short amount of time became the most sought-after high-ranking talent in Silicon Valley, which is currently amidst a shortage of AI-savvy software engineers.

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