According to media reports,Apple’s real AI crisis does not come from Siri, but from the constant loss of AI talent.The report pointed out that since January this year,About a dozen Apple employees in the field of artificial intelligence have been poached by competitors.Making it a major victim of Silicon Valley’s war for AI talent.

In the past seven months, a large number of employees in Apple's AI team have resigned. Many senior engineers have joined Meta, OpenAI, xAI, Cohere and other companies. The most eye-catching recent departure is Ruoming Pang, the head of Apple's basic model team. He was attracted by Meta CEO Zuckerberg last month with a salary of US$200 million and joined Meta.

Major departures from Apple’s AI team this year include:

Brandon McKinzie joins OpenAI;

Dian Ang Yap joins OpenAI;

Liutong Zhou joins Cohere;

Ruoming Pang joins Meta;

Mark Lee joins Meta;

Tom Gunter joins Meta;

Bowen Zhang joins Meta;

Shuang Ma joins Meta;

Floris Weers joins a confidential startup.

Several of the above-mentioned resigned personnel were contributors to Apple’s artificial intelligence model research papers.Currently, Apple's core basic model team only consists of 50 to 60 people, so every departure has a significant impact on the company.

Industry insiders believe thatThese resignations reflect the "crisis of trust" Apple is facing in the field of AI. Companies now regard top AI talents as "strategic assets," as important as intellectual property.

Amid the brain drain, Apple is struggling to push forward updates to Siri, trying to integrate large language models (LLMs). One of the core functions of Apple Intelligence promoted at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference last year was the chatbot Siri, but this function has not yet been launched.

It is reported that Apple has set up an AI office in Zurich, and the relevant team is developing a new software architecture for Siri. This new solution, called a "single model", is completely based on a large language model engine and is designed to replace Siri's existing "hybrid system."

Over the years, the system has become fragmented as different functions have been added layer by layer. The new architecture is expected to make Siri and users have smoother conversations and greatly improve its ability to understand and integrate information.

During a recent earnings call, Apple CEO Cook said that personalized Siri, powered by Apple Intelligence, is making good progress, and he reiterated that related features will be launched next year.