Insiders are thrilled about Dye's departure. Gruber mentioned $Apple(AAPL)$ employees are excited to see Stephen Lemay take over, who's been around since the original iPhone days. The retirement of the AI chief actually works in their favor - they poached an AI VP from $Microsoft(MSFT)$ and placed Siri under Federighi's wing, showing real initiative instead of resting on laurels.
Retirements of Williams, Adams and Jackson were expected natural progressions. Their successors, groomed for years within $Apple(AAPL)$ , are now positioned to drive AI innovation. Visionaries within the company finally get to steer the ship freely. Key players like Federighi, Cue, Ternus and Khan are gaining more authority to evolve $Apple(AAPL)$ into an AI leadership role.
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