A recent report regarding the strategic alliance between “Apple” and “Google” revealed that the “Gemini” artificial intelligence engine will activate the new generation of the “Siri” voice assistant, in a move that supports widespread expectations about “Apple” investing approximately one billion dollars annually in this collaboration.
The report mentioned that “OpenAI”, the developer of the “ChatGPT” service, preferred to abandon this cooperation, after making a deliberate decision not to take responsibility for providing “Siri” with artificial intelligence, in order to avoid entering into a technical partnership with “Apple”.
In this context, “Apple” announced the adoption of “Gemini” models to run the developed version of “Siri”, in an announcement directed directly to investors, in addition to being a positive development for users.
Regarding the details of the agreement, “Google” clarified that the contract extends for several years, while “Apple” revealed that “Gemini” models will operate through its private cloud computing servers, in order to maintain privacy standards and protect user data.
“Apple” invests approximately one billion dollars annually in exchange for this deal, as the “Financial Times” quoted an informed source that the agreement was designed in the form of a cloud computing contract, which may lead to the transfer of billions of dollars from “Apple” to “Google” over the coming years.
Despite the huge numbers circulating, the distribution of the cost over a long period of time is consistent with the estimate of one billion dollars annually, in a deal that seems economically viable for “Apple”, especially since it earns from “Google” returns that exceed this figure by more than twenty times.
In contrast, the report recalled the position of “OpenAI”, which, according to sources, chose of its own volition to stay away from any technical partnership with “Apple” to operate its voice assistant, preferring to maintain its independent path in the artificial intelligence market.
