Apple in negotiations to use Google Gemini in iOS update

[Daniel Puchert]

Apple in talks to include Google AI in iOS update — report

Apple is negotiating a partnership with Google to implement the latter’s large language model (LLM) generative artificial intelligence (AI), Gemini, into an upcoming iOS update, Bloomberg reports.

The two are currently discussing licensing iOS features that will use the Google AI LLM and how it will be branded, per the report.

 

[The_Rolling_Giant]

Why? Siri not good enough?

Expect Microsoft to try and do the same for Cortana...

 

[1337]

Why? Siri not good enough?

Siri is useless, even Apple knows this

Expect Microsoft to try and do the same for Cortana...

Cortana is dead, Bing is the product Microsoft is integrating with

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

like watching 2 toddlers arguing about a toy,
this gonna be fun.

 

[backstreetboy]

Siri is useless, even Apple knows this

She works fine for me. Used mostly on the Apple TV.

 

[1337]

She works fine for me. Used mostly on the Apple TV.

I find it pathetic, I've remapped my iPhone's action button to activate Perplexity Pro

 

[Dolby]

She works fine for me. Used mostly on the Apple TV.

I've only ever come across two people that have said she's good at what she does .

The general perception is she's, well, bad

 

[1337]

> she

 

[backstreetboy]

I've only ever come across two people that have said she's good at what she does .

The general perception is she's, well, bad

Yeah Google Assistant and Alexa are raging successes.

Amazon Alexa is a “colossal failure,” on pace to lose $10 billion this year

Layoffs reportedly hit the Alexa team hard as the company's biggest money loser.

arstechnica.com

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/17/amazon-cuts-several-hundred-jobs-in-alexa-division.html

https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/10/google-cuts-hundreds-of-jobs-in-its-voice-assistance-hardware-teams-as-fitbit-founders-leave/

 

[Dolby]

Yeah Google Assistant and Alexa are raging successes.

The discussion is around the product and how smart the assistant is - and you mention commercials to show Siri is better?

 

[Dolby]

@backstreetboy so it seems that you flip between real world, benchmarks, commercial performance and product performance depending on what message you want to convey ?

But at least your message is consistant - Apple Rules!

 

[backstreetboy]

@backstreetboy so it seems that you flip between real world, benchmarks, commercial performance and product performance depending on what message you want to convey ?

But at least your message is consistant - Apple Rules!

Quick post another AI generated image.

 

[Dolby]

Quick post another AI generated image.

 

[FiestaST]

I’m not a witou but but:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1769726995418542519

 

[Dolby]

Is this Google Gemini within Google Photos? The red logo …

 

[Pegging]

Is this Google Gemini within Google Photos? The red logo …

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Google wouldn’t allow white kids, and Apple would make them trans or gay.

 

[Dolby]

I have it on my iPhone 13 Pro (17.5.1) - but the girlfriend doesn’t have the button on iPhone 13 Mini (17.5.1) …

 

[Hamster]

Please tell me there will be an "off button" I can use for the first couple of years