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The co-founder of Siri Tom Gruber and the head of research Vipul Ved Prakash leave Apple. A spokesman for the company confirmed the two layoffs, as reported in the newspaper The Information. Gruber wants to continue in the future " personal interests in photography and marine conservation ". The two departures coincide with the acquisition of John Giannandrea, Google's lead AI developer, as Apple's leader in machine learning and artificial intelligence. Giannandrea is supposed to make the Apple Siri Digital Assistant competitive with Google's Google Assistant and Alexa's Amazon.
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Gruber was the last of Siri's three co-founders at Apple after former partners Dag Kittlaus and Adam Cheyer had already left to launch Siri Viv's competitor .
The capabilities of Alexa and Google Assistant are far superior to those of Apple's Siri. This is particularly evident since the launch of the Homepod, Apple's first smart speaker running Siri.
Former Apple chief research officer, Prakash, was previously director of the Topsy Company, a search engine and badyzer. Under the leadership of Prakash, Apple has developed its own search engines for apps and media in its online stores.
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