Apple’s top artificial intelligence exec quits over return to office policy

A prime synthetic intelligence government at Apple is leaving the corporate over its return to workplace coverage, in line with a report.

The information comes as Apple orders all company staff to return to the workplace for 3 days per week — a stricter coverage than Large Tech opponents like Meta, Google and Amazon, that are permitting at the least some staff to work remotely eternally. 

Director of machine studying Ian Goodfellow introduced his resignation final week, telling colleagues that CEO Tim Prepare dinner’s push to get staff again into the workplace had pushed him out. 

“I consider strongly that extra flexibility would have been the perfect coverage for my crew,” Goodfellow wrote in a goodbye word, in accordance to Verge reporter Zoe Schiffer. 

A number of Apple staff confirmed Goodfellow’s departure on company gossip web site Blind. 

One Apple worker quoted Goodfellow as saying, “I’m leaving for a lot of causes… however Apple’s return to workplace coverage is the most important single motive.” 

Ian Goodfellow
Ian Goodfellow left in protest of Apple’s return to work coverage.

Apple is requiring staff to work in-person on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Staff are additionally allowed to work absolutely remotely for as much as 4 weeks per 12 months.

One Apple staffer speculated that Goodfellow’s departure comes forward of a possible announcement that the corporate will ratchet the in-person work requirement as much as 5 days per week.

“Everybody and their grandma is aware of Apple is utilizing the pilot as a stepping stone to five days again in workplace,” the Apple worker wrote on Blind, which verifies employment by company e mail addresses. “Ian in all probability obtained inside scoop that that is coming and left.” 

Apple and Goodfellow didn't instantly reply to requests for remark. 

The Submit beforehand reported in April that Prepare dinner’s return-to-office push was driving some company staff out the door, with one staffer ranting, “I don’t give a single f—okay about ever coming again to work right here.” 

Following Goodfellow’s departure, Apple’s staffers as soon as once more raged towards their employer, with one accusing the iPhone maker of “gaslighting.” 

“At [Apple] it's virtually unattainable to switch to distant,” one Apple worker mentioned on Blind. “All different firms… together with [Google] are permitting folks to [work] distant and posting distant positions. The worst factor is that [Apple] doesn't give a smart motive — they simply gaslight you.” 

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Apple CEO Tim Prepare dinner’s return to workplace push has angered some staff.
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