Apple plans to use a custom 1.2T-parameter Google Gemini model to help power the new Siri next year and will be paying Google ~$1B annually for it (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
– Techmeme
If this is true, and Mark Gurman has a great track record, it concludes the drama that has been unfolding since last year when Apple announced the iPhone 16 was “built from the ground up” for AI, which Apple does not define as Artificial Intelligence but rather Apple Intelligence.
Google reportedly pays Apple $18B a year for being the default search engine. This deal would mean they are getting $1B back.