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Apple nears $1B Google deal for custom Gemini model to power Siri

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Re: Apple nears $1B Google deal for custom Gemini model to power Siri

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So now it does not matter what platform you choose for your smartphone, you cannot escape Google AI surveillance. Well you can shut it off on the iPhone I guess, but that means no more privacy focused Apple Intelligence.

Next to all the money they poured into Liquid glAss, this will be the worst investment Apple has ever made.

Re: Apple nears $1B Google deal for custom Gemini model to power Siri

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post #2

So now it does not matter what platform you choose for your smartphone, you cannot escape Google AI surveillance. Well you can shut it off on the iPhone I guess, but that means no more privacy focused Apple Intelligence. Next to all the money they poured into Liquid glAss, this will be the worst investment Apple has ever made.

This assumes they'll make the data available to Google. With all their secure "Private Cloud Compute" stuffs they advertised, there's a good chance it will not be shared.

Re: Apple nears $1B Google deal for custom Gemini model to power Siri

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post #2

So now it does not matter what platform you choose for your smartphone, you cannot escape Google AI surveillance. Well you can shut it off on the iPhone I guess, but that means no more privacy focused Apple Intelligence. Next to all the money they poured into Liquid glAss, this will be the worst investment Apple has ever made.

OP's 9to5mac article states:

  Also under the agreement, Google’s model will reportedly run on Apple’s own servers, which in practice means that no user data will be shared with Google. Instead, they won’t leave Apple’s Private Cloud Compute structure.
Bloomberg states:

  The model will run on Apple’s own Private Cloud Compute servers, ensuring that user data remains walled off from Google’s infrastructure.

Re: Apple nears $1B Google deal for custom Gemini model to power Siri

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So now it does not matter what platform you choose for your smartphone, you cannot escape Google AI surveillance. Well you can shut it off on the iPhone I guess, but that means no more privacy focused Apple Intelligence. Next to all the money they poured into Liquid glAss, this will be the worst investment Apple has ever made.

GrapheneOS.

Re: Apple nears $1B Google deal for custom Gemini model to power Siri

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post #2

So now it does not matter what platform you choose for your smartphone, you cannot escape Google AI surveillance. Well you can shut it off on the iPhone I guess, but that means no more privacy focused Apple Intelligence. Next to all the money they poured into Liquid glAss, this will be the worst investment Apple has ever made.

GrapheneOS.

patiently waiting to see which snap dragon will supported. Hopefully something smallish.

Re: Apple nears $1B Google deal for custom Gemini model to power Siri

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This is remarkable if you consider how much it must wound Apple's pride to make this deal with their main rival in the smartphone software space, especially after all the fuss they made about "Apple Intelligence". It's a tacit admission that Google is just better at this kind of thing.
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