Bryan and Jeff share their take on Apple’s seeming exodus of employees, discuss why so many are ending up at Meta, and make it clear why they don’t have their own fashion consulting agency.
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Sources referenced in this episode:
- Meta hires away Apple’s top design exec
- Apple hires former Google engineer Subramanya to help shore up AI goals; Giannandrea retires
- Meta hires two Apple AI researchers for Superintelligence push, Bloomberg News reports
- Another Apple exec leaves for Meta as AI talent war heats up, Bloomberg News reports
- Meta just hired Apple’s head of foundation models
- Apple Is a Master of Acqui-Hire as It Quietly Grabs Top Talent in A.I. Race
- Neosynthesis: 12 Stories of Code, Consciousness, and Survival
- Bryan’s book Accidental Intelligence
- Bryan’s short story King Liam, First of His Name
- Mason Truman on Threads
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