Apple design executive Alan Dye poached by Meta in major coup

With the Dye hire, Meta is creating a new design studio and putting him in charge of design for hardware, software and AI integration for its interfaces. — Reuters

Meta Platforms Inc has poached Apple Inc’s most prominent design executive in a major coup that underscores a push by the social networking giant into AI-equipped consumer devices. 

The company is hiring Alan Dye, who has served as the head of Apple’s user interface design team since 2015, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Apple is replacing Dye with longtime designer Stephen Lemay, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the personnel changes haven’t been announced.