Apple shifts robotics team away from Giannandrea’s AI organization to prioritize hardware



A new report suggests that Apple CEO Tim Cook has lost faith in his AI/ML chief John Giannandrea and is shifting the robotics team to hardware headed by John Ternus.

White robot with a glossy finish, a black screen face, cylindrical arms, and tank-like tracks as legs. An apple logo is displayed on its chest.
Apple’s robotics team now works for John Ternus

Apple has been rearranging some of its teams after making a publicly embarrassing move to delay contextual Apple Intelligence features. The Siri team moved to be placed under Mike Rockwell, the Apple Vision Pro chief.

It seems that wasn’t the only internal move planned by Apple, as Bloomberg reports the robotics team is moving out from under the AI/ML organization. It will instead be under the hardware division, which is led by John Ternus.

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