Apple’s newly tapped head of ChatGPT-like AI search effort to leave for Meta

Oct 16, 2025

The Apple executive leading an effort to develop AI-driven web search is stepping down, marking the latest in a string of high-profile exits from the company’s artificial intelligence division. The executive, Ke Yang, is leaving for Meta Platforms, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Just weeks ago, he was appointed head of a team called Answers, Knowledge and Information, or AKI. The group is developing features to make the Siri voice assistant more ChatGPT-like by adding the...

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