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’s chief operating officer plans to hand the role off this month and retire later this year after roughly a decade as the tech giant’s No. 2 under Chief Executive Tim Cook.