Apple might use Google servers to store data for its upgraded AI Siri
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Apple is reportedly asking Google to set up servers for a Gemini-powered Siri upgrade to meet privacy needs and catch up in AI, building on their earlier partnership announcement.
Apple has asked Google to look into "setting up servers" for a new version of Siri that's Gemini-powered and meets Apple's privacy requirements, The Information reports. Apple had already announced in January that Google's Gemini AI models would help power the upgraded version of Siri it delayed last year, but The Information's report indicates Apple might lean even more on Google so it can catch up in AI.
The original partnership announcement said that "the next generation of Apple Foundation Models will be based on Google's Gemini models and cloud technology," and that the models would "help power future Apple Intelligence features," incl …