Apple Newsroom:
These new capabilities are powered by the next generation of Apple
Foundation Models, custom-built in collaboration with Google and
its Gemini models for deeply integrated Apple Intelligence
experiences. These latest models run on device and on servers
using Private Cloud Compute.Every facet of the new Apple Intelligence architecture is built
privacy-first, from the latest Apple Foundation Models to the core
operating system technologies that integrate these models deep
into Apple’s platforms. Apple Intelligence uses on-device
processing and Private Cloud Compute to help protect users’
privacy. Private Cloud Compute gives users access to
frontier-level intelligence, while extending the privacy and
security of iPhone into the cloud.
What’s confusing about this Apple-Google partnership is that Google pretty much calls all things AI “Gemini”. The models are “Gemini”, the assistant is “Gemini”, and the feature integrations are “Gemini”. So Apple is taking pains to emphasize that they’re building atop the Gemini models, not the Gemini assistant.
One way to think about it is this. Let’s say you’re a Google Gemini app user. That’s the assistant. Now you start using the new Apple Intelligence (that builds atop the Gemini models) and the new Siri AI (that builds atop the new Apple Intelligence). When you go back to the Google Gemini app, *nothing you did using Apple Intelligence and Siri AI is visible to the Gemini app. And nothing you continue to do in the Google Gemini app is visible to Apple Intelligence or Siri AI.
