Overview
- CNBC was told by Apple that Gemini was chosen as the foundation for the revamp of Siri and Apple Intelligence after internal evaluation.
- Reporting characterizes the arrangement as a multi-year partnership that also taps Google Cloud infrastructure.
- Apple highlights gains such as broader context handling, multi-step task execution, and more natural, precise responses, plus summarization and personalized outputs.
- No consumer release dates were provided, though developers will receive early access to relevant APIs.
- The shift departs from Apple’s in-house model strategy following a rocky Apple Intelligence rollout and the AI chief’s December departure, with a new hire from Google’s Gemini team.