Apple has hired Google’s chief of search and artificial intelligence, John Giannandrea, a major coup in its bid to catch up to the artificial intelligence technology of its rivals.
Apple said on Tuesday that Mr. Giannandrea will run Apple’s “machine learning and A.I. strategy,” and become one of 16 executives who report directly to Apple’s chief executive, Timothy D. Cook.
Okay, that is a big hire. It’s especially interesting that Giannandrea agrees with Apple’s privacy stance.
That’s a major league get.
“It’s especially interesting that Giannandrea agrees with Apple’s privacy stance.”
That could be why he left.
Now, without question, we see Apple gets that Siri, and their current AI approach, need real help. They’re getting some. Fantastic hire, as you’ll have to search far and wide to find anyone saying anything negative about Giannandrea. This area is far too important to let Amazon and Google run away with, and it’s heartening to see Apple step up in such a big way.
Combined with the huge number of job openings and hires by Apple for the Siri division recently, it’s all great news.
That’s gotta burn, hey Google, er, I mean Alphabet?