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.

Ruoming Pang, who currently leads Apple's foundation AI models, is leaving to join Meta's Superintelligence Labs. Pang's departure underscores challenges in Apple's AI division and Meta's aggressive bid for AI supremacy.