Overview

• Meta confirmed that Jian Zhang, Apple's lead AI researcher for robotics, has joined Meta's Robotics Studio, as Bloomberg first reported.
• Bloomberg and NDTV report three more Apple Foundation Models researchers are exiting, with two heading to OpenAI and one to Anthropic, adding to months of departures.
• Meta has reorganized its AI effort into four groups—TBD Lab, FAIR as an innovation engine, Products & Applied Research, and MSL Infra—following internal memos about a hiring pause.
• The push has been accompanied by churn inside Meta Superintelligence Labs, with recent departures including Rishabh Agarwal, Ethan Knight, Avi Verma, and generative AI product director Chaya Nayak.
• Rivals have moved to blunt Meta’s recruiting, with OpenAI boosting compensation to retain staff and Microsoft targeting Meta employees with multimillion‑dollar offers.