Revamped Siri will tap Nvidia chips for fast, private cloud computing‎

Despite initial claims that Apple Intelligence would run only on Apple Silicon, the company will now also use Google Cloud and Nvidia processors, raising questions about privacy.Apple is continuing to promote how Apple Intelligence can work on-device without needing an internet connection. But when a prompt requires more, Craig Federighi said in 2024 that it was essential for privacy and security that it uses only Apple servers.That was before the partnership with Google Gemini, however, which has previously been rumored to extend to Apple using Google Cloud. According to The Information, this partnership does include Google Cloud, and consequently Google's servers running Nvidia Blackwell B200 chips.Reportedly, Apple is to enable a confidential compute feature in these Nvidia chips, which encrypts data as it's being processed. That should mean that Apple continues to be able to secure Apple Intelligence requests.Currently when Apple Intelligence sends a request from a user's device to the company's cloud servers, it is protected by Apple's Private Cloud Compute. This is what means a user can access a full-size AI LLM, yet know that only their prompt is being passed to it. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums