AUSTIN, Texas — Apple confirmed to KVUE it's shutting down a 121-person team in San Diego, focusing on artificial intelligence. The team is being asked to relocate to Austin by the end of February or face termination on April 26.
That department is responsible for making Siri work in multiple languages. It has offices around the world.
Apple said it’s offering relocation stipends to those workers in San Diego.
KVUE reached out to Apple and received the following statement:
"We're bringing our data operations annotations teams in the U.S. together at our campus in Austin, where a majority of the team is already based. Everyone currently employed will have the opportunity to continue their role with Apple in Austin. We are deeply committed to San Diego where we have grown significantly, and are continuing to hire as we expand our world-class engineering teams."