Apple, Google close in on $1-billion/year AI deal to use Gemini for Siri

Apple Inc. is planning to pay about $1 billion a year for an ultrapowerful 1.2 trillion parameter AI model developed by Alphabet Inc.’s Google that would help run its long-promised overhaul of the Siri voice assistant, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Following an extensive evaluation period, Apple and Google are finalising a deal that would give Apple access to Google’s technology. The iPhone maker is banking on Google’s help to rebuild Siri’s underlying technology, setting the stage for a new slate of features next year. The Google model’s 1.2 trillion parameters—a measure of the AI software’s complexity—would dwarf the level of Apple’s current models.