Apple’s interface chief leaves for new Meta AI design studio

Alan Dye, who has been heading up user interface design for Apple for the last ten years, is officially leaving to lead AI design for Meta, reports Bloomberg.

He brings with him his deputy at Apple, Billy Sorrentino, and will oversee a new studio that encompasses hardware, software and AI integration across all of Meta’s products — including future AI devices.

— Our idea is to treat intelligence as a new design material and imagine what becomes possible when it is abundant, capable, and human-centered, writes Mark Zuckerberg on Threads, not being short of ambition.

He goes on to say that Meta will «elevate design,» and put together people with talents in «craft, creative vision, systems thinking, and deep experience building iconic products that bridge hardware and software»

The potential is «enormous,» Zuck says, for AI glasses and «other devices» to change how we connect with «technology and each other.»

Read more: Scoop by Bloomberg, writeups by The Verge and 9to5Mac.