Gemini sits near the top of benchmark lists for language and multimodal tasks, while Apple has moved cautiously on a broader AI strategy. Apple already explores partnerships with Anthropic and OpenAI as it develops its Apple Intelligence framework;

Apple is in talks with Google about using Google's Gemini AI as the backbone for the upcoming smarter version of Siri, reports Bloomberg.

The company previously approached OpenAI and Anthropic for similar discussions about using their technology to power Siri, and reportedly, Google has begun training a model that could run on Apple’s servers. Apple is not expected to make a decision about whether to bring on a partner for the Siri revamp for another several weeks.