New Delhi, Jan. 13 -- Finally, Apple catches pace in the AI race after a long delay. In a joint statement on Monday tech giants Apple and Google announced entering into a multi-year agreement where it said that "the next generation of Apple Foundation Models will be based on Google's Gemini models and cloud technology." ".

The search engine's technology will power Apple's upcoming AI features, including a smarter version of Siri due this year, which will be built on these models, it said. Apple Intelligence will continue to run on its devices and on Private Cloud Compute while maintaining its "industry-leading privacy standards."

The statement said, "After careful evaluation, Apple determined that Google's AI technology provides the mos...