Apple has dismissed not less than 200 employees from its stealthy autonomous vehicle group, Project Titan. Apple had in August 2017 enlisted the services of Doug Field, a Tesla engineering vice president to help with its project.

This week's dismissal can be seen as a move by Apple to restructure the project under new leadership. Those dismissed were not permanently laid off, rather they will be moved to other parts of the company.

An Apple spokesperson acknowledged the layoffs and said the company still sees opportunity in the space:

"We have an incredibly talented team working on autonomous systems and associated technologies at Apple. As the team focuses their work on several key areas for 2019, some groups are being moved to projects in other parts of the company, where they will support machine learning and other initiatives, across all of Apple," the spokesperson said.

"We continue to believe there is a huge opportunity with autonomous systems, that Apple has unique capabilities to contribute, and that this is the most ambitious machine learning project ever."

Source: https://thegloor.com/apple-sack-200-employees-over-project-titan/