Overview
- Apple said John Giannandrea is leaving his role immediately and will serve as an advisor before retiring in spring 2026.
- Amar Subramanya, a longtime Google executive who most recently led AI at Microsoft, joins as vice president of AI reporting to Craig Federighi.
- Subramanya will lead Apple Foundation Models, machine-learning research, and AI Safety and Evaluation as Apple consolidates AI work under Federighi.
- Parts of Giannandrea’s former organization shift to COO Sabih Khan and Services chief Eddy Cue, while Siri continues to be led by Mike Rockwell under Federighi.
- Apple is still targeting spring 2026 for a more personalized Siri, and news reports say the company is nearing deals to integrate external models such as Google’s Gemini, along with Perplexity and Anthropic.