TECH - Apple's Secret AI Lab in Zurich Poised to Enhance iPhone Capabilities Poach Google Staff | Benzinga
Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) has aggressively recruited dozens of artificial intelligence experts from Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google, establishing a secretive AI laboratory in Zurich, Europe.
This move comes as the company intensifies its efforts to lead in new AI model and product development.
Apple, valued at $2.7 trillion, has been expanding its global AI and Machine Learning team by poaching many specialists from Google since hiring John Giannandrea as its top AI executive in 2018.
This includes at least 36 experts who have since joined Apple, the Financial Times reports.
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