United Kingdom, July 18 -- Meta has poached two more senior Apple AI engineers, Mark Lee and Tom Gunter, as part of its ongoing hiring spree aimed at strengthening its artificial intelligence division.

According to Bloomberg, Lee has already started at Meta, while Gunter will begin work in the coming weeks.

Both executives were key figures within Apple's Foundation Models team (AFM), which oversees generative AI technology and underpins initiatives like Apple Intelligence and the Siri voice assistant.

The hires come shortly after Meta secured Ruoming Pang, the former head of Apple's large language models team, with a reported multiyear compensation package worth over $200 million.

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