John Giannandrea
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John Giannandrea is a Scottish[1] software engineer and businessman. He co-founded Metaweb,[2] led Google Search[3] and artificial intelligence,[1] was co-founder and CTO of the speech recognition company Tellme Networks, Chief Technologist of the web browser group at Netscape, senior engineer at General Magic.[4] He subsequently worked at Google, rising to become their chief of search and artificial intelligence.[5] He is now a senior executive at Apple Inc.[6][7][5][8] In December 2018, it was announced that Giannandrea had been appointed Senior Vice President of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Strategy at Apple, the department rumored to have the most involvement with the (now cancelled) Apple electric car project.[9]
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- ^ "How a Big Promotion at Google Reveals the Future of Search". Time. Archived from the original on 2020-11-23. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ^ "Apple Leadership - John Giannandrea". Apple. Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
- ^ a b "Apple Hires Google's A.I. Chief". The New York Times. 2018-04-03. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2018-04-13. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ^ "Apple just landed the most sought-after free agent in Silicon Valley — and he'll report directly to Tim Cook". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2018-04-15. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ^ "Apple hires Google's former AI boss to help improve Siri". The Verge. Archived from the original on 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ^ "John Giannandrea named to Apple's executive team". Apple Newsroom. Archived from the original on 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
- ^ "Google's former AI chief is now an Apple VP". Engadget. Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2018-12-21.