Engadget Podcast: Why did Apple choose Gemini for next-gen Siri?
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Engadget Podcast: Why did Apple choose Gemini for next-gen Siri?
"Apple's next-gen Siri is still far off, but this week the company announced that it'll be using Google's Gemini AI for its new foundation models. In this episode, Devindra and Engadget's Igor Bonifacic discuss why Apple teamed up with Google again, instead of OpenAI or Anthropic. Also, they chat about Meta's Reality Lab layoffs, which is refocusing the company on AI hardware like its smart glasses."
"Framework raises the price of its desktop by $460 because of the global RAM shortage - 18:36 NVIDIA may revive the RTX 3060 and kill off 5070 Ti due to its VRAM demands - 21:57 Apple creates a subscription bundle for Pro creative apps like Final Cut Pro, Logic, and others - 23:00 Tesla's Full Self Driving is also going subscription only, a year costs $999 - 29:15"
"Matthew McConaughey trademarks himself to fight unauthorized AI likenesses - 33:27 Apple announces that its long delayed 'smarter Siri' will be powered by Google Gemini - 35:15 X finally responds to Grok's CSAM and nudity generation with limits - 51:46 Cursor claims their AI agents wrote 1M+ lines of code to make a web browser from scratch, are developers cooked? - 57:52"
Eric Migicovsky chats about his Pebble revival and an AI smart ring. Apple announced that its next-generation Siri will be powered by Google's Gemini foundation models, marking a renewed Apple-Google partnership rather than OpenAI or Anthropic. Meta announced over 1,000 layoffs and closed VR studios to refocus on AI hardware such as smart glasses. Gemini can pull context from Google apps, including Photos and YouTube history. Other items include Framework raising desktop prices due to a RAM shortage, NVIDIA potential SKU changes, Apple app subscription bundles, Tesla's FSD subscription, McConaughey trademarking his likeness, X's response to Grok, and Cursor's AI agents.
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