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Apple Shifts Leadership of Self-Driving Car Unit to AI Chief
- Company has been developing autonomous vehicle tech for years
- AI executive Giannandrea takes lead after Bob Mansfield leaves
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Apple Inc. has moved its self-driving car unit under the leadership of top artificial intelligence executive John Giannandrea, who will oversee the company’s continued work on an autonomous system that could eventually be used in its own car.
The project, known as Titan, is run day-to-day by Doug Field. His team of hundreds of engineers have moved to Giannandrea’s artificial intelligence and machine-learning group, according to people familiar with the change. An Apple spokesman declined to comment.