Meta has poached two more heavyweights from Apple’s AI team

After luring one of Apple’s chief AI researchers with a blockbuster pay package, Meta has now hired two more key members of his former team.

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One week ago, we learned that Meta poached Apple Foundation Models (AFM) head, Ruoming Pang, paying out a $200 million sign-on bonus. Now, it seems as though the tech giant has come back around for seconds.

According to Bloomberg, Meta has also acquired two of AFM’s key members, Mark Lee and Tom Gunter. The pair will join Meta’s Superintelligence Labs (MSL) team.

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