Siri’s new boss is already making big internal changes, per report

Apple recently gave Mike Rockwell leadership over Siri, a big shake-up that proved the status quo of Siri development had grown unacceptable to senior leaders. Now, per a new report, it seems Rockwell is wasting no time continuing to implement major changes internally with the teams responsible for Siri. Mike Rockwell revamping Siri team with various personnel and structural shifts Mark Gurman writes at Bloomberg: Apple Inc.’s new Siri engineering chief is overhauling the management team leading development of the beleaguered voice assistant, taking a step he assured employees would set the company up for success. Mike Rockwell, head of engineering for the assistant, is replacing much of Siri’s leadership with lieutenants from his Vision Pro software group, according to people with knowledge of the matter. He’s also restructuring teams related to speech, understanding, performance and user experience, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the changes are private. ... Read full article.