{"id":248192,"date":"2026-05-18T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/apples-privacy-standards-may-be-eroding-as-new-siri-features-roll-out-report-says\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T06:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T10:35:10","slug":"apples-privacy-standards-may-be-eroding-as-new-siri-features-roll-out-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/apples-privacy-standards-may-be-eroding-as-new-siri-features-roll-out-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple\u2019s Privacy Standards May Be Eroding as New Siri Features Roll Out, Report Says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple\u2019s Privacy Standards May Be Eroding as New Siri Features Roll Out, Report Says<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/apples-privacy-standards-may-be-eroding-as-new-siri-features-roll-out-report-says-2000759785<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-18 05:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: gizmodo.com<\/a><\/p>\n

If anonymously sourced reports are any indication, the long-delayed release of the new Siri, Apple\u2019s AI-powered assistant updated for the supposedly AI-centric consumer expectations of the 2020s, is finally imminent. But a new report from Bloomberg\u2019s Mark Gurman suggests that Apple is acting a little sheepish about some privacy compromises it may or may not have recently made as it has prepared Siri for prime time.<\/p>\n

To back up a bit, back in January, Google and Apple announced a partnership that essentially allowed Apple to rent an AI model. \u201cApple determined that Google\u2019s AI technology provides the most capable foundation for Apple Foundation Models and is excited about the innovative new experiences it will unlock for Apple users,\u201d a joint statement from the two companies said.<\/p>\n

So far, information about Apple Foundation Models, the AI software core that Apple and other software developers can access for their AI needs within Apple device ecosystems, has not been updated to acknowledge the new Google connection. In Gurman\u2019s telling, that\u2019s not just because Apple is embarrassed that its in-house AI operations went badly\u2014including the departure of the company\u2019s AI chief. It\u2019s also because Apple needs Google\u2019s cloud infrastructure, and that infrastructure may not be in keeping with Apple\u2019s past privacy standards.<\/p>\n

\u201cApple will actually be leaning on Google\u2019s cloud infrastructure for parts of the new Siri, something the company doesn\u2019t want to emphasize \u2014 given how that might counter its current privacy approach,\u201d Gurman writes.<\/p>\n

Apple, Gurman says\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026hasn\u2019t gone as far as to say it will rely on the same chips, data centers and security as the Siri and Apple Intelligence features of today. One way to interpret that is Apple will allow Google to handle some of its security protections.\u201d<\/p>\n

If this is the plan, it might be an unwelcome change in the way Apple goes about handling its deep learning-related tasks…<\/p>\n

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