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Investing.com-- Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) has hired two prominent AI researchers from Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), continuing a string of high-profile poaches from the iPhone maker, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Mark Lee and Tom Gunter, both previously part of Apple’s artificial intelligence division, are joining Meta’s Superintelligence Labs team. Lee has already started at Meta, while Gunter is expected to join shortly, the report said.
The hires follow Meta’s recent recruitment of Ruoming Pang, Apple’s head of large language models, with a multi-year compensation package worth well over $200 million, the report said.
Gunter, considered one of Apple’s most senior AI engineers, is also said to be receiving a multiyear package exceeding $100 million, Bloomberg said.
The defections highlight mounting uncertainty within Apple’s Foundation Models team as the company weighs integrating third-party AI from OpenAI or Anthropic into Siri, the report stated.
Meta, meanwhile, has pledged to invest “hundreds of billions” in AI development.