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msmash @ Slashdot · 04/24/2025 16:50 EDT

Apple To Strip Secret Robotics Unit From AI Chief Weeks After Moving Siri

An anonymous reader shares a report: Apple 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, who asked not to be identif

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