Again and again departures: Next Apple AI expert goes to Meta

Another new recruitment for Metas “Superintelligence” team: Frank Chu, expert in AI cloud infrastructure, AI training and AI search, moves from Apple in Cupertino to Menlo Park. There he is supposed to work in the “Meta Superintelligence Labs” (MSL) with other former Apple colleagues and inventory employees on Mark Zuckerberg’s dream of a kind of over-ki that should even put the general artificial intelligence (AGI) in the shade. Interesting in the personnel: The meta boss had actually announced that it would reduce his recruitment campaign. The Facebook mother Group already spent enormous sums, including up to $ 200 million in salary and, above all, shares for Apple’s former Ki basic model chief Ruoming Pang, which are to flow over several years.

Cloud infra specialist takes the departure

According to one Bloomberg report According to an internal memo, Meta actually had to “temporarily pause” the new settings at the MSL. The exception are “business -critical positions”. It remains unclear whether Chu counts here. Chu is one of those who at Apple ensured that large language models can (also) run in the cloud.

Apple relies on the so-called private cloud compute model (PCC), in which calculations are carried out on the group’s servers, but in such a way that no conclusions can be drawn about user data. Meta is probably less interested in such technology, since the group lives primarily from the marketing of such information. After all, Meta had a private processing function for WhatsApp announced. Chus know-how in the field of AI training is likely to come to the Zuckerberg Company.

At least six “high ranking” Apple Ki experts to Meta

Also interesting: Chu was last on search functions for Apple a lot of scolded voice assistant Siri In addition, he is said to have helped make entertainment to make entertainment better. How much money Chu receives for his departure to Meta was initially unclear. The group pays its recruitments plentiful-Apple has recently increased salaries, but according to Zuckerberg’s AI war box is barely close. Bloomberg lists that Chu is at least the sixth-known Apple Ki employee who switched to Meta. In addition to ex-basic model chief Pang, Chu is probably the most highly ranking personnel.

He was incorporated directly under Apple’s AI infrastructure boss Benoit Dupin, who in turn reports to AI head John Giannandrea, who, however, is said to have lost more and more power. Chu is now supposed to work on “Infra” in the MSL team. His new top boss (next to Zuckerberg) is ex-scale boss Alexandr Wang. Despite internal concerns that Meta puts too much money in the MSL – and said memo that is rethought – Wang gave in the past week known on xMeta will put “more and more” money into the MSL.