Subj : After ChatGPT Apple teases surprise plans to add Google Gemini su
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Date : Tue Jun 11 2024 18:00:05

After ChatGPT Apple teases surprise plans to add Google Gemini support to 
Siri 2.0

Date:
Tue, 11 Jun 2024 16:45:52 +0000

Description:
Siri is getting ChatGPT support with iOS 18, and Apple teased that it might 
also get Gemini from Google.

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In a surprising twist to the usual Apple Vs Android rivalry, it's been 
announced that Siri might soon be able to ask Google Gemini for help with 
your queries if it needs some back-up. 

At WWDC 2024 Apple Announced its new approach to Artificial Intelligence  or 
Apple Intelligence as it wants AI to now be known  and Siri got a bunch of 
improvements, such as the ability to generate custom emojis, summarize long 
emails, and help you edit photos. 

Fairly standard stuff then. However, one interesting extra detail is that 
Siri can pass your queries over to another chatbot if it thinks that service 
could do a better job. (Image credit: Future) 

Currently, the only AI Siri will turn to is ChatGPT ; however during the 
keynote it was revealed that other AI would be added in the future, and 
following the showcase Apple's Craig Federighi name-dropped Gemini as one AI 
that Apple would like to integrate, before adding that Apple had "nothing to 
announce right now, but thats our general direction." 

Gemini certainly makes sense, as it's a serious alternative to ChatGPT, but 
considering that Gemini is set to be a major feature of Android devices, were 
a little surprised its being shared with iPhones  we're not complaining 
though. 

Gemini and ChatGPT have been trading blows in recent months, and this 
addition is less of an improvement to the AI-enhanced Siri, and more about 
giving you freedom to choose which third-party service you want to trust. 
Apple's privacy-first mantra (Image credit: Shutterstock) 

Siri will always ask your permission before consulting another AI, and it 
will only share the data relevant to your query. If you don't want to share 
your data with either OpenAI or Google you can turn the feature off, or 
reject Siris request to use those AIs. 

Apple's approach to privacy, and in particularly about being transparent with 
how it handles your data, does seem to be the feature of its AI services that 
it most wants to highlight. Its boasting about private servers, and saying 
third-party organizations can verify its claims, things we're not really 
seeing from others in the AI space right now. 

Given its history we have reason to believe that Apple will stick to its guns 
in this regard, but we won't know precisely how it all works until we see how 
the new Siri works in practice. It's currently missing from the iOS 18 beta, 
but hopefully we'll get the chance to try it out soon. You might also like... 
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its gambit in the personal AI arena



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/phones/iphone/after-chatgpt-apple-teases-surprise-pl
ans-to-add-google-gemini-support-to-siri-20


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