I agree that they aren't same but I doubt if Apple is even in the same league as Google when it comes to AI. Apple is a product company that makes iOS+Hardware

I agree that they aren't same but I doubt if Apple is even in the same league as Google when it comes to AI. Apple is a product company that makes iOS+Hardware for profit and also seeks rent to access this platform. Google is synonymous with search/advertising which is fancy word for media. For google that media comes first and platform monopoly comes second. That is why Google continues to offer all its services on iOS despite virtually owning Android. For every product that Apple builds in future its success will be like a toss of a coin (of course biased). Google succeeds no matter which platform succeeds.