John Giannandrea, Apple's senior VP for AI and Machine Learning, will retire in spring 2026 but remain as an advisor until then. Amar Subramanya has been appointed as the new VP of AI, tasked with leading significant projects in AI research and development.

Apple has unveiled updates to its on-device and server foundation language models, enhancing generative AI capabilities while prioritizing user privacy. The new models, optimized for Apple silicon, support multiple languages and improved efficiency, incorporating advanced architectures and diverse training data, including image-text pairs, to power intelligent features across its platforms.