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Apple has seemingly confirmed that the Gemini models will run under their Private Cloud Compute and so presumably Google would not have access to Siri data. ht
by runjake 9mo ago
Apple has seemingly confirmed that the Gemini models will run under their Private Cloud Compute and so presumably Google would not have access to Siri data.
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/01/12/apple-google-foundation-models-cnbc https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/01/12/apple-google-fo...
- cpeterso 9mo agoNeither Apple's nor Google's announcement says Siri will use Gemini models. Both announcements say, word for word, "Google’s technology provides the most capable foundation for Apple Foundation Models". I don't know what that means, but Apple and Google's marketing teams must have crafted that awkward wording carefully to satisfy some contractual nuance.
- Ninjinka 9mo agoCheck again: https://x.com/NewsFromGoogle/status/2010760810751017017?s=20 https://x.com/NewsFromGoogle/status/2010760810751017017?s=20 "These models will help power future Apple Intelligence features, including a more personalized Siri coming this year."
- cpeterso 9mo agoI see what you mean, though I think “these models” refers to Apple’s Foundation Models, which “will be based on Google's Gemini models and cloud technology.” I guess it depends on wrist “based” means.
- runjake 9mo agoDirect quote from Google themselves: "Apple Intelligence will continue to run on Apple devices and Private Cloud Compute, while maintaining Apple's industry-leading privacy standards."
- throwaway314155 9mo agoThis clarifies nothing?
- fnky 9mo agoDirect quote from their joint statement: "Apple and Google have entered into a multi-year collaboration under which the next generation of Apple Foundation Models will be based on Google's Gemini models and cloud technology. These models will help power future Apple Intelligence features, including a more personalized Siri coming this year." Source: https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-announcements/joint-statement-google-apple/ https://blog.google/company-news/inside-google/company-annou...
- madeofpalk 9mo agoI think Apple would also still like to publicly say it's Apple's model, not Google's.
- mr_toad 9mo ago‘Based on’ implies an LoRA or some fine tuning.
- runjake 9mo agoIt clarifies exactly what was being questioned.
- baxtr 9mo agoMostly likely the wording was crafted by an artificially intelligent entity.
- Workaccount2 9mo agoApple likely wants to post-train a per-trained model, probably along with some of Google's heavily NDA'ed training techniques too.
- w10-1 9mo ago> "Google’s technology provides the most capable foundation for Apple Foundation Models" Beyond Siri, Apple Foundation Models are available as API; will Google's technologies thus also be available as API? Will Apple reduce its own investment in building out the Foundation models?