When a company as huge and influential as Apple makes a change in its top leadership, the world pays attention, since a high-level leadership change could affect the future trajec

Apple Inc. should consider replacing longtime chief executive officer Tim Cook as the iPhone maker’s struggles with artificial intelligence raise significant risks for the company, according to analysts at LightShed Partners.

Apple CEO Tim Cook is about to take over one of the most significant parts of Apple’s business: its design team. The team currently reports to COO Jeff Williams, but once Williams begins his just-announced retirement “late in the year,” the design team “will then transition to reporting directly to Cook,” Apple says.