Sou Hu Cai Jing·2025-07-30 01:28Group 1 - Apple has lost its fourth AI researcher to Meta Platforms Inc. within a month, indicating challenges in its AI strategy [1] - Bowen Zhang, a key researcher in multimodal AI, has left Apple to join Meta's newly formed superintelligence team [1] - Meta previously recruited the head of Apple's foundational model team, Ruoming Pang, with a compensation package exceeding $200 million [1] Group 2 - The departures have caused turmoil within Apple's foundational model team (AFM), leading to uncertainty about its future [2] - Other engineers from the AFM team are actively interviewing for positions elsewhere, indicating low morale [2] - Apple is considering using more third-party models due to concerns that its in-house models may hinder its competitiveness in AI [4] Group 3 - The AFM team is crucial to Apple's overall AI strategy, having laid the groundwork for the Apple Intelligence platform launched last year [4] - Leadership of the AFM team has shifted to Zhifeng Chen, reporting to AI research head Daphne Luong, who in turn reports to senior VP John Giannandrea [4] - Uncertainty regarding the outsourcing of technology has negatively impacted employee morale and increased turnover [4]