Apple Could Run AI-Powered Siri Chatbot on Google Cloud, AI Chips: Report

Siri to Become a Real Chatbot?

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple will update Siri with a Google-based language model in iOS 26.4 this spring, then unveil a true chatbot interface in OS 27 at WWDC in June.

Apple Could Run AI-Powered Siri Chatbot on Google Cloud, AI Chips: Report

Apple is reportedly in talks with Google to use its cloud service infrastructure to power a new version of Siri. As per the report, the Cupertino-based tech giant is planning to introduce a chatbot version of Siri, which will be more capable and feature-rich. This is said to be separate from the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Siri that is said to arrive this spring alongside the iOS 26.4 update.

New Version of Siri May Run on Google Servers – Pixel Envy

Hartley Charlton, MacRumors (I am linking to them instead of the actual source link because Bloomberg is expensive): In yesterday’s report detailing Apple’s plans to turn Siri into a chatbot in iOS 27, [Mark] Gurman said that the company is in discussions with Google about hosting the forthcoming Siri chatbot on Google-owned servers powered by Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), a class of custom chips designed specifically for large-scale artifici…

Apple bets big that AI models will become commodities; may offer hot-swappable Siri

As Apple integrates more AI features across its ecosystem (like Apple Intelligence), the company appears to be positioning itself around the idea that foundational AI models will increasingly become commoditized — much like other tech components — shifting value toward integration, user experience, privacy, and on-device capabilities rather than owning the most advanced raw model. This piece explores Apple’s strategic wager in the rapidly evolvi…