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Google Launches Private AI Compute to Bring Gemini Power to a Sealed Cloud

Google says the hardware‑secured system keeps sensitive requests isolated from even its own staff.

Overview

  • The rollout begins with the November Pixel Feature Drop, making Magic Cue on Pixel 10 more timely and enabling Recorder to generate summaries in more languages.
  • Private AI Compute runs on Google’s custom stack using TPUs, Titanium Intelligence Enclaves, remote attestation, and end‑to‑end encryption to create a hardware‑sealed processing environment.
  • Google asserts that data handled by the system remains private to the user and inaccessible to anyone else, including Google.
  • Android exposes a Network Usage log in Developer options so advanced users can see when Private AI Compute is invoked by Pixel features.
  • Coverage notes the approach mirrors Apple’s Private Cloud Compute and reflects a hybrid model that offloads heavier reasoning beyond device NPUs while still leveraging on‑device Gemini Nano.