Apple is planning to use a custom version of Google Gemini for Apple Intelligence

Apple is preparing to powerfulness its AI-upgraded Siri with a customized mentation of Google’s Gemini AI model, according to a study from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The iPhone shaper volition reportedly wage Google astir $1 cardinal annually to summation entree to the technology, which volition make summaries and execute planning-related tasks.

As noted by Bloomberg, Apple volition tally the customized Gemini exemplary connected its Private Cloud Compute servers, though it volition proceed to usage in-house models to powerfulness immoderate Siri features. Gurman reports that the Gemini exemplary volition usage 1.2 trillion parameters to assistance pass its responses, acold greater than the 150 billion-parameter exemplary down the cloud-based mentation of Apple Intelligence.

Apple has been scrambling to get backmost connected way aft the institution delayed the rollout of caller AI-powered features wrong Siri. In June, Bloomberg reported that Apple had weighed utilizing models from OpenAI oregon Anthropic to powerfulness the caller Siri earlier reportedly settling connected a concern with Google. This statement is abstracted from plans to integrate Gemini’s chatbot features into Siri, akin to what it already does with ChatGPT, according to Bloomberg.

Last week, Apple CEO Tim Cook told investors that the caller Siri is acceptable to get adjacent spring, portion besides leaving the doorway unfastened for much third-party AI integrations with Apple Intelligence. Though Apple is reportedly moving guardant connected a woody with Google, Bloomberg says Apple volition proceed processing its ain AI exertion that it could usage to yet regenerate Gemini.