XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   Tyrone wrote:   
   > On Jan 12, 2026 at 6:22:02 PM EST, "Maria Sophia"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Q: Why is Apple choosing Google's Gemini to power Siri?   
   >> A: ?   
   >>   
   >>  *Apple teams up with Google Gemini for AI-powered Siri*   
   >>     
   >   
   > Because it does not cost Apple anything. Apple is paying Google $1 billion   
   per   
   > year to use Gemini, but Google is paying Apple $20 billion per year to make   
   > Google the default search engine on all Apple products.   
   >   
   > So Apple gets free (and quite good by all reports) AI AND does not have to   
   > spend billions creating their own. That's known as "Smart Business".   
   >   
   > While I'm sure you are dying to spin this as "Apple is in trouble", the facts   
   > are:   
   >   
   > "Apple is expected to post iPhone sales growth at around 11% year-over-year   
   > when it reports earnings for the December quarter later this month, according   
   > to analyst estimates compiled by FactSet. The company’s total quarterly   
   > profits are expected to grow by nearly 8% to more than $39 billion."   
   >   
   > AGAIN, from the link YOU provided.   
      
   Hi Tyrone,   
      
   Thank you for taking a stab at why Apple recently chose Gemini for Siri.   
      
   To be clear, the question in this thread is not about Apple's quarterly   
   earnings or Google's search deal. Those are business issues. The question   
   was asking to discuss why Apple chose Gemini specifically to power Siri.   
      
   If we understand why Apple makes the choices it makes, it helps us to   
   understand the Apple ecosystem better, so it's an apropos dialogue to have.   
      
   The technical reason matters because Apple has spent years promoting its   
   own on device machine-learning stack, its own neural engines and let's not   
   forget Apple has brilliantly endlessly promoted its own privacy messaging.   
      
   In general, Google products aren't specifically known for privacy.   
   So the question is important as to why Apple chose this Google product.   
      
   As Chris astutely noted separately, by Apple choosing an external model, we   
   can assume it maybe likely means that Apple's internal models were not   
   sufficient for the capabilities Apple has long wanted Siri to provide.   
      
   Using Gemini might not be just "smart business" but perhaps it can imply a   
   technical admission that Apple needed a large-scale general-purpose model   
   that it did not have ready in a timely manner sufficient for production.   
      
   That is the part worth examining.   
      
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