Jian Zhang, the pioneering figure heading Apple's robotics AI research, has departed the company to take on a new role at Zuckerberg's Meta Robotics Studio. In parallel, John Peebles, Nan Du, and Zhao Meng, esteemed members of Apple's internal large language model team, have also announced their exits. Notably, Peebles and Du will embark on new journeys at OpenAI, while Zhao has opted to join Anthropic. These high-profile departures have significantly escalated the ongoing upheaval within Apple's AI sector.
