John Ternus to lead Apple into the age of AI

John Ternus takes over as Apple’s chief executive on Tuesday, inheriting a company that towers over the smartphone market but trails its rivals in artificial intelligence.One of his biggest challenges will be balancing the company’s dependence on China while parrying acute political pressure from the White House.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4African NGOs demand probe into six bodies found in Guinea mass gravelist 2 of 4New York police kill knife-wielding woman in Times Squarelist 3 of 4Toxic haze from Indonesian fires chokes Malaysian Borneolist 4 of 4US brings back Russia’s finance minister to G20 talks, angering Europeend of listThe handover ends Tim Cook’s 15-year run, replacing the operations specialist who built Apple’s supply chain with the engineer who built its hardware.Ternus, 51, joined Apple’s design team in 2001 and worked his way up to senior vice president of hardware engineering, reporting to Cook.He leads the engineering teams behind Apple’s entire product lineup, including the iPhones that generate most of the company’s revenue.He gets barely a week to settle in, with Apple holding its annual iPhone event on September 9, where it is expected to unve...