The talent exodus from Apple is not confined to its AI research teams. Though top engineers and AI researchers have started to leave the tech giant to join companies like Meta and OpenAI, its industrial design division has also taken a hit. The most recent person to depart from the company is Abidur Chowdhury, the iPhone Air designer.
Notable members include Evans Hankey, Tang Tan, Cyrus Daniel, Matt Theobald, and Erik de Jong, all in recent months, with many of them now working under Jony Ive's team at io, now part of OpenAI.
