Apple confirms plans to work with Google’s Gemini ‘in the future’

Following a keynote presentation at WWDC 2024 that each launched Apple Intelligence and confirmed a partnership that brings ChatGPT entry to Siri by a take care of OpenAI, SVP Craig Federighi confirmed plans to work with further third-party fashions. The primary instance given by the chief was one the businesses with which Apple was exploring a partnership.

“We’re trying ahead to doing integrations with different fashions, together with Google Gemini, for example, sooner or later,” Federighi mentioned throughout a post-keynote dialog. He shortly added that the corporate had “nothing to announce proper now, however that’s our normal path.”

OpenAI’s ChatGPT would be the first third-party mannequin to obtain integration sooner or later later this 12 months. Apple says customers will be capable to entry the system with out having to join an account or pay for premium companies. As for that platform’s integration with the revamped iOS 18 model of Siri, Federighi confirmed that the voice assistant will alert a consumer earlier than sending them off its personal in-house fashions.

“Now you are able to do it proper by Siri, with out going by one other device,” the Apple govt mentioned. “Siri, it’s actually essential to know, will ask you earlier than you go to ChatGPT. Then you may have that dialog with ChatGPT. Then, if there’s any useful knowledge referenced in your query that you simply may need to provide to ChatGPT, we’re going to ask, ‘Do you need to ship this photograph?’ From a privateness perspective, you’re all the time in management and have whole transparency.”