New Version of Siri May Run on Google Servers ⇥ macrumors.com

Hartley Charlton, MacRumors (I am linking to them instead of the actual source link because Bloomberg is expensive):

In yesterday’s report detailing Apple’s plans to turn Siri into a chatbot in iOS 27, [Mark] Gurman said that the company is in discussions with Google about hosting the forthcoming Siri chatbot on Google-owned servers powered by Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), a class of custom chips designed specifically for large-scale artificial intelligence workloads. The arrangement would mark a major departure from Apple’s emphasis on processing user requests either directly on-device or through its own tightly controlled Private Cloud Compute infrastructure.

Note that the press release last week regarding certain Apple Intelligence features set to be powered by Google’s Gemini specifically says “Apple Intelligence will continue to run on Apple devices and Private Cloud Compute”. Siri will have Apple Intelligence features but, in the company’s unique structure, it itself is not part of Apple Intelligence. Also note that Google in November announced Private A.I. Compute, which should be useful.