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Apple AI chief John Giannandrea is stepping down from his position and retiring in spring 2026, Apple announced today. Giannandrea will serve as an advisor between now and 2026, with former Microsoft AI researcher Amar Subramanya set to take over as vice president of AI. Subramanya will report to Apple engineering chief Craig Federighi, and will lead Apple Foundation Models, ML research, and AI Safety and Evaluation. Subramanya was previously corporate vice president of AI at Microsoft, and before that, he spent 16 years at Google. He was head of engineering for Google’s Gemini Assistant, and Apple says that…

iPhone 16, which was unveiled globally in September 2024, recently witnessed a price cut in India when Cupertino-based Apple launched its iPhone 17. The phone was recently available during Black Friday sale events of multiple retail chains. Now, Croma is offering the iPhone 16 at a discounted price, allowing customers to save up to Rs. 6,900 on their purchase. Croma i… Source link India Liquidity won’t be a constraint:… Market may deliver 12–15%… Stranded IndiGo flyer urges… ED attaches Reliance Anil Ambani… Stock Market Vietnam's Masan Consumer to… DXY set for second weekly decline;… S&P 500 Gains and Losses……

The European Commission is now launching an investigation into whether WhatsApp’s new policy that disallows AI providers from using its business tools to communicate with users may breach EU competition rules. On the face of it, things are pretty clear – WhatsApp owner Meta has Meta AI, which is very prominently featured inside all of its apps, including WhatsApp. And while competing AI providers have been able to offer their chatbots inside WhatsApp, Meta recently prohibited third party AI providers from using the WhatsApp business tools “when AI is the primary service… Source link India Liquidity won’t be a…