Apple’s next-generation Siri is still a long way off, but this week the company announced that it will use Google’s Gemini AI for its new foundation models. In this episode, Engadget’s Devindra and Igor Bonifacic explain why Apple partnered with Google again, instead of OpenAI or Anthropic. They also discuss Layoffs at Meta’s Reality Labwhich refocuses the company on AI hardware like its smart glasses.
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Meta announces over 1,000 layoffs, closes 3 VR studios as it focuses on AI hardware – 2:12
Gemini can now extract context from the rest of your Google apps, including photos and Youtube history – 12:31
Framework raises price of its desktop by $460 due to global RAM shortage – 18:36
NVIDIA could relaunch the RTX 3060 and kill the 5070 Ti due to its VRAM demands – 9:57 p.m.
Apple creates subscription offering for Pro creative apps like Final Cut Pro, Logic and others – 11:00 p.m.
Tesla’s Full Self Driving is also available by subscription only, one year costs $999 – 29:15
Matthew McConaughey files to fight unauthorized AI likenesses – 33:27
Apple announces its long-awaited “smarter Siri” will be powered by Google Gemini – 35:15
X finally responds to CSAM and Grok’s generation of nudity with limits – 51:46
Cursor claims its AI agents wrote over a million lines of code to create a web browser from scratch, are the developers cooked? – 57:52
Credits
Host: Devindra Hardawar
Guest: Igor Bonafačić
Producer: Ben Elman
Music: Dale North and Terrence O’Brien
This article was originally published on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/computing/engadget-podcast-why-did-apple-choose-gemini-for-next-gen-siri-150000993.html?src=rss
