[caycep]

Weren't there rumors that Giannandrea doesn't have full control of the AI/ML house? There were entrenched old Siri folks fighting for their turf

[moandcompany]

Given the size of Apple and these orgs, plausible. Siri also had a bunch of folks that came in from outside, through acquisitions, and did their own thing or tried to identify themselves and their roles as something different from Apple norms.

Apple had teams involved with AI/ML in several divisions also, from AI/ML (including Siri), TDG/VPG, SPG...