As Apple works on enhancing Siri, the company may deepen its partnership with Google. Reports suggest the collaboration could go beyond artificial intelligence models and extend to cloud infrastructure.
Following confirmation of plans to utilize Google's AI technology for the next iteration of Siri, Apple is reportedly exploring whether Google Cloud could support certain functions of the upgraded assistant behind the scenes. Google has reportedly evaluated deploying servers in its own data centers to facilitate this initiative while agreeing to comply with Apple's stringent privacy requirements.
Google Cloud already collaborates with Apple in certain areas, including storage services and training some of Apple's internal AI models. Apple appears unlikely to significantly expand its own data center capacity, instead favoring a hybrid approach that combines its private cloud with external providers such as Google and Amazon Web Services.