Overview
- Google is rolling out Personal Intelligence in the U.S. as a beta for AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers, letting users opt in to link apps like Gmail, Photos, Search and YouTube with per‑app controls and the option to generate non‑personalized answers.
- The company says information will be handled with the same protections as in each app and future models will train on anonymized data, though user prompts and AI responses may be used for training.
- User reports point to a bumpy transition from the classic Google Assistant, with degraded performance and uneven Gemini integration in Android Auto while the new system is not fully available.
- Apple confirms its next Siri and Apple Intelligence features will run on Google’s Gemini via Apple’s Private Cloud Compute, and the Financial Times reports Apple is set to pay Google around $1 billion per year under a broader multi‑year cloud deal.
- OpenAI introduces ChatGPT Translate as a free web tool supporting 50+ languages and style tuning, while separate reporting in Germany highlights code hints of ads being integrated into responses for free ChatGPT users.