Apple's top executive in charge of artificial intelligence models, Ruoming Pang, is leaving the company for Meta Platforms , Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people with knowledge of the matter.

Ruoming Pang previously worked for Google where he led impactful projects that went on to become integral to the search giant’s operations.

Apple (AAPL, Financials) lost a key artificial intelligence leader to Meta Platforms (META, Financials) as the race for top AI talent intensifies. Ruoming Pang, who led Apple's foundational AI models team,