A lot of Apple faithful are angry about Google AI slop invading their devices, claiming that Siri will be run by Gemini, and Google will get a boatload of user data — and none of that is true. Here’s what’s really going on.
Apple’s original launch of a more personal Siri and Apple Intelligence powered by app intents was delayed due to an admitted problem with their initial approach. Doom and gloom headlines persisted since, suggesting Apple is a failure in the AI race and that it should simply close up shop and outsource AI to a third party.
What has happened instead is something that should have been expected, and has somewhat been rumored, all along — Apple is licensing a Google Gemini model to help make Apple Foundation Models better. The deal isn’t a one-for-one swap of Apple Foundation Models for Gemini ones, but instead a system that will let Apple keep using its proprietary models while providing zero data to Google.
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