New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Apple and Google ended months of rumours when they announced that a Gemini model would be used to power the next generation of Siri along with other upcoming Apple Intelligence features. Given Apple's history of focusing on privacy, it was assumed that the custom Gemini model for Siri would run on Private Cloud Compute, similar to how the ChatGPT arrangement works.

Tim Cook hinted that this might be the case during an analyst call earlier this month when, asked about the choice of Google as an AI provider, he said, "We basically determined that Google's AI technology would provide the most capable foundation for Apple Foundation Models. And we believe that we can unlock a lot of experiences and innovate in a key way ...