Apple has hired Mr John Giannandrea, Known Google Company’s Head of Data search and AI (Artificial Intelligence), to Lead their company’s Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (MI and AI) strategy.
In Early 2016 he(Mr John Giannandrea) place an important role In Google as Senior Vice President of Engineering who will report directly to cook.
Our technology must be infused with the values we all hold dear... John shares our commitment to privacy and our thoughtful approach as we make computers even smarter and more personal,
From The New York Times.
quoted an email from Cook to his working people(staff) as saying.
Mr John Giannandrea’s Early life
He joined Google in 2010 after the company acquired his startup named Metaweb Technologies.
arstechnica[dot]com-Apple needs strong young talented persons to improve their AI(Artificial Intelligence) and ML(Machine Learning) efforts which lag behind its Giant competitors like Amazon and Google.
Apple has invested more and more resources in Siri and Home Kit to compete with Google Home and Alexa-based smart home system gadgets.