Apple Discusses Google Hosting New Siri as Need for Cloud Help Grows

In January, when Apple announced an agreement to use Google’s Gemini models in Apple products, it was an admission that the iPhone maker hasn’t been able to compete in AI on its own over the past couple years. But the deal also showed that Apple is again relying on an outside company to help it with another deficiency: in cloud computing.

Now there’s a chance Apple could deepen its cloud dependence on Google even more. At Apple’s request, Google has investigated setting up servers inside its data centers to run an upcoming version of Siri, Apple’s digital assistant, that will be powered by Gemini while also abiding by Apple’s privacy standards, said two people with knowledge of the talks. Apple already relies on Google Cloud for services like online storage and training of Apple’s in-house AI models.