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   From: mariasophia@comprehension.com   
      
   Chris wrote:   
   > Maria Sophia  wrote:   
   >> Q: Why is Apple choosing Google's Gemini to power Siri?   
   >> A: ?   
   >   
   > It's obvious isn't it? Siri is shit and has been almost from Day 1. Apple   
   > have been incapable of making something that compares well with the   
   > competition.   
      
   Hi Chris,   
      
   That's a refreshingly non-partisan view of Apple's motives which I welcome   
   as you are likely correct that Gemini is better than Siri would be in the   
   time frame Apple needs to be able to advertise they too have native AI.   
      
   My main worry, if I can voice my personal feelings aloud, of Apple choosing   
   to use Google services is Google isn't known for caring about our privacy.   
      
   However, perhaps even more important of a concern I have is why Google?   
      
   Apple possibly could have partnered with OpenAI, with Microsoft's Copilot   
   models, with Anthropic's Claude, or even with Meta's Llama family. All of   
   those are viable large-scale LLMs. Apple reportedly held discussions with   
   several of them based on news reports we've been discussing for a while.   
      
   So the interesting question is why Google was the one Apple selected.   
      
   Apple has spent years promoting on-device privacy, yet they chose the   
   vendor with perhaps the weakest privacy reputation. That suggests the   
   decision may have been driven by technical capability and deployment scale,   
   and not marketing, which, in a way, is a refreshing viewpoint, if true.   
      
   Why was Google a better fit than OpenAI, Microsoft, or Anthropic?   
   That is a key component that I think may be worth understanding.   
      
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