Apple CEO Tim Cook Stepping Down, John Ternus Taking Over
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Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down as Apple's chief executive officer, and hardware engineering chief John Ternus is set to take over, Apple announced today. Cook will continue on as Apple CEO through the summer, with Ternus set to join Apple's Board of Directors and take over as CEO on September 1, 2026. Cook is going to transition to executive chairman, and he will "assist with certain aspects of the company, including engaging with policymakers around the world".
  • GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.worldEnglish
    510·
    15 hours ago

    Cool. And now he’s gonna be in charge of enshitifiying products with AI.

    Tim left at a good time, and clearly he wasn’t a big fan of AI in its current state, hence the replacement.

    • SaraTonin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 hours ago

      There’s no indication that cook is leaving because of Apple Intelligence. It’s been rumoured for ages that he was leaving, to be replaced by Ternus

      You’re just choosing to believe whatever you want to believe, facts be damned

    • Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      31·
      7 hours ago

      when questioned, you have not given a source that john apple is more pro-AI

      in fact the article you posted believes he’ll continue tim apple’s path:

      “By choosing a hardware leader in John Ternus, Apple may be signaling that it still believes the future of AI will run through tightly integrated devices, not just software,” said Timothy Hubbard, assistant professor of management at the University of Notre Dame.

      i don’t think locally-run AI is enshittification since unlike e.g. satellite connection, local LLM does not have additional costs of connecting to a remote service