(FILES) John Giannandrea, senior VP of machine learning and AI strategy, speaks during Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WDC) in Cupertino, California on June 10, 2024. Apple on December 1 said the head of its artificial intelligence team is stepping down, and the effort is to be led by a veteran engineer from Google and Microsoft. The plan for Apple senior vice president of Machine Learning and AI Strategy John Giannandrea to retire early next year comes after the tech giant stumbled in efforts to show it was not being left behind on the technology. (Photo by Nic Coury / AFP via Getty Images)