Apple Appoints Amar Subramanya As New AI Vice President

Leadership Change in Apple’s AI Division

Apple announced a major leadership change in its artificial intelligence division. It appointed Amar Subramanya as the new Vice President of AI at the company. He will take charge of the department when Apple prepares for key updates in its AI roadmap.

Transition From John Giannandrea to Amar Subramanya

The efforts at Apple, until now, were led by John Giannandrea, who plans to retire in the coming year but will continue working with the company as an advisor during this transition period. Meanwhile, Amar Subramanya will take on complete leadership responsibilities as Apple shifts focus toward future updates, including the planned improvements to Siri due next year.

Amar Subramanya Profile

Amar Subramanya was born in India. He did his engineering at Bangalore University and went on to the United States, where he got his PhD in computer science from the University of Washington. He has worked at Microsoft and Google, where he was part of DeepMind, one of the core AI research divisions of Google.