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-- Apple Inc. (AAPL) has hired one of Google's top artificial intelligence researchers to work in its Special Projects Group, CNBC reports Thursday.

-- Ian Goodfellow, on his LinkedIn profile, said he is now a director of machine learning at Apple's Special Projects Group, the report said.

-- Google confirmed the departure, but Apple declined to comment and Mr. Goodfellow didn't return a request to comment, the report said.

www.cnbc.com/2019/04/04/apple-hires-ai-expert-ian-goodfellow-from-google.html

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