Meta has hired Apple's AI model head Ruoming Pang for its new Superintelligence Labs division. The move signals a bold talent grab in the intensifying race to lead artificial intelligence.

The executive's departure signals intensifying competition for elite talent and deepens concerns over Apple's generative AI strategy.

Apple’s AI strategy is steered by software head Craig Federighi and Mike Rockwell; the engineering lead behind the Vision Pro and now Siri. Meanwhile, AI research remains under John Giannandrea, who was recently stripped of direct oversight of key AI consumer products amid delays and criticism of Apple’s AI rollout.