APPLE NEARS $1 BILLION-A-YEAR-DEAL TO USE GOOGLE AI FOR SIRI

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Apple plans to pay Google $1 billion a year for a 1.2 trillion-parameter AI model to help run its Siri voice assistant. The model will run on Apple's own Private Cloud Compute servers, ensuring that user data remains secure. The companies are still finalizing the agreement, which will be an interim solution until Apple's models are powerful enough. The new Siri is on track to launch in Spring.