After having spent millions to hire many of OpenAI’s top AI team, Meta has now reportedly poached from Apple. The social media giant has hired Ruoming Pang, a distinguished engineer and manager of Apple’s flagship Apple Foundation Models (AFM) team, reports Bloomberg. Pang, who joined Apple from Alphabet in 2021, is reportedly moving to Meta.

Ruoming Pang previously ran Apple's in-house team that trained the AI foundation models that underpin Apple Intelligence and other on-device AI features.

Ruoming Pang, who currently leads Apple's foundation AI models, is leaving to join Meta's Superintelligence Labs. Pang's departure underscores challenges in Apple's AI division and Meta's aggressive bid for AI supremacy.