Apple’s executive, Ruoming Pang, who was leading the company’s AI team, is set to join rival Meta Platforms, as per a report by Bloomberg. Pang was overseeing Apple’s foundation models team, which has about 100 employees contributing to the development of the company’s large language models.

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.

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.