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Meta Hires Top Apple AI Expert, Continuing Zuckerberg’s Recruitment Push

Mark Zuckerberg woos another elite researcher with pay package in the tens of millions

The win for Meta is another loss for Apple.
The win for Meta is another loss for Apple. Photo: josh edelson/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

Mark Zuckerberg added another big name to Meta Platforms new “Superintelligence” AI division, hiring a top Apple AI researcher as part of a weekslong recruitment push, according to a person familiar with the hire.

Ruoming Pang is the first big name from Apple to jump over to Meta’s Superintelligence Lab, a blow to the iPhone maker, which is working to improve its own AI products. Pang, who led Apple’s foundation model team, is set to receive a pay package from Meta in the tens of millions of dollars, said the person.

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