Apple nears $1 billion Google deal for custom Gemini model to power Siri

Bloomberg is reporting new details on the partnership between Apple and Google to have Gemini power the revamped Siri next year. Here are the details.

A few days ago, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that Google had won the AI bake-off against Anthropic to become Apple’s AI provider for the revamped, AI-powered Siri, set to be released next year.

Interestingly, what reportedly tipped the scales towards Google wasn’t model performance, but rather the price tag.

Now,…