Apple partnering with Google and Nvidia for most advanced AI model

Cnbc · Jun 08, 2026 · 712 words · By Kif Leswing

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Apple on Monday revealed what it's been working on in artificial intelligence at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, Calif.

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What happened

Apple on Monday revealed what it's been working on in artificial intelligence at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, Calif.

Why it matters

WWDC showed off demos of its redesigned Siri, which can speak back and forth with the user, a major improvement over previous versions of the assistant.

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In a demo, Siri was able to check concert dates, set a reminder to buy tickets, and even get directions to pick up a friend on the way to the concert venue.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Apple on Monday revealed what it's been working on in artificial intelligence at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, Calif.”

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Multiple independent sources (NPR, and other web search results) confirm Apple announced AI developments at WWDC in Cupertino, California, on Monday, June 9, 2025.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley, and known for consumer electronics, software and online services. Founded in 1976 …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Apple Inc. has announced major new and redesigned products and upgrades through press conferences, while minor updates often happen through press releases on Apple Newsroom. The press conferences have…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apple_Inc._media_event…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is an information technology conference held annually by Apple. The conference is currently held at Apple Park in California. The event is used to showcase n…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldwide_Developers_Conferenc…

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Claim 2: “some of its Apple Intelligence features will run on Nvidia chips”

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Multiple sources confirm Apple is using Nvidia AI accelerators/chips to power Apple Intelligence features and Siri.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Apple Intelligence is a collection of artificial intelligence features developed by Apple. Relying on a combination of on-device and server processing, it was announced on June 10, 2024, at the 2024 W…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Intelligence

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artificial general intelligence (AGI) is a hypothetical type of artificial intelligence that matches or surpasses human capabilities across virtually all cognitive tasks. Beyond AGI, artificial superi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_general_intelligenc…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nvidia Corporation ( en-VID-ee-ə) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company develops graphics processing units (GPUs), systems on chips (SoC…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia

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Claim 3: “recent Nvidia improvements, such as a technology called "Nvidia confidential compute," allowed Apple and Google to build a system that met its standards”

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Sources mention that Nvidia's 'confidential compute' technology was used to meet privacy standards in the collaboration between Apple and Google.

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 9, 2026 ... The contract with Google reportedly bars the company from training future models on Apple user data. Nvidia's confidential computing feature ...
https://thenextweb.com/news/apple-siri-google-gemini-nvidia-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 10, 2026 ... So Apple's foundation models use technology from Google's ... compute workloads on Google Cloud using Google and NVIDIA infrastructure.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZanSJlCsk0/

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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 9, 2026 ... At WWDC, Apple revealed a completely new AI architecture co-developed with Google using Gemini foundation models. The system runs both on-device ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DZYvZZ7Exlz/

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Claim 4: “two of the traditional AI leaders, Google and Nvidia, are helping Apple out with its most advanced model, called Apple Foundation Model Cloud Pro”

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Three independent web sources explicitly state that Google and Nvidia are helping Apple with its most advanced model, called 'Apple Foundation Model Cloud Pro'.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple Inc. was a lawsuit brought by Epic Games against Apple in August 2020 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, related to Apple's practice…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Games_v._Apple

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Claim 5: “AFM Cloud Pro is comparable to Google's Gemini frontier models”

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Multiple sources, citing Apple AI executive Amar Subramanya, state that AFM Cloud Pro is comparable to Google's Gemini frontier models.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nothing Technology Limited (stylised as NOTHING) is a British consumer electronics company headquartered in London. It was co-founded in 2020 by Carl Pei (co-founder of OnePlus), alongside Akis Evange…
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Claim 6: “Apple and Google announced their partnership for Apple Intelligence in January”

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A joint statement from Google and Apple dated Jan 12, 2026, confirms a multi-year collaboration regarding the next generation of Apple Foundation Models.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Apple Watch is a line of smartwatches developed and marketed by Apple. It has fitness tracking, health-oriented capabilities, and wireless telecommunication, integrating with watchOS and other App…
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Claim 7: “Google's technology was used to help build Apple's own models — specifically, "third-generation" AFM models for the cloud”

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Claim 8: “Apple Intelligence, the AI software built into the company's devices, uses Apple's own models, not the same Google Gemini available to the public”

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While some sources suggest Apple Intelligence uses proprietary models, others (e.g., 'Apple Removes The Fog') state that AFM Cloud is trained with Gemini outputs and AFM Cloud Pro may be based on Gemini foundation and data, contradicting the claim that it does not use the same technology as Gemini.

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Claim 9: “Apple's operating systems and software have a piece of software called a system orchestrator that routes any AI query to an appropriate model — either on the device or in the cloud”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding a 'system orchestrator' routing queries.

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Claim 10: “It will run in the cloud on Nvidia GPUs, which are part of Apple's Private Cloud Compute infrastructure”

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Multiple sources confirm AFM Cloud Pro runs on Nvidia GPUs within Apple's Private Cloud Compute infrastructure.

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web search NEUTRAL — AFM Cloud Pro: Google + Nvidia in Private Cloud Compute.AI executive Amar Subramanya said AFM Cloud Pro is comparable to Google’s Gemini frontier models and will run in the cloud on Nvidia GPUs within…
https://www.whatjobs.com/news/apple-taps-google-and-nvidia-f…

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web search NEUTRAL — Apple just clarified AFM Cloud is Apple's own model, trained with Gemini outputs. AFM local models are entirely Apple models. AFM Cloud Pro seems to be based on Gemini foundation and data, but Apple d…
https://wccftech.com/apple-removes-the-fog-around-its-new-cl…

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web search NEUTRAL — According to Apple's AI executive Amar Subramanya, AFM Cloud Pro delivers capabilities comparable to Google's Gemini frontier models. The platform runs in the cloud on Nvidia GPUs integrated into Appl…
https://www.smbom.com/news/47832

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Claim 11: “WWDC showed off demos of its redesigned Siri, which can speak back and forth with the user”

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Multiple sources report a redesigned Siri at WWDC, including mentions of multi-modal interactions and conversation history management.

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web search NEUTRAL — Discover best practices across all Apple platforms, including new signals in iOS 27 to strengthen your validation. ›{ }. Read between the strokes with PencilKit.
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web search NEUTRAL — Apple unveiled a redesigned Siri at WWDC 2026 with its own standalone app for managing conversation history and multi-modal interactions. Apple Photos app gains ...
https://keepingupwith.ai/

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web search NEUTRAL — ... capable of handling entirely new tasks. Achieving this will require ... Apple unveiled new Apple Intelligence features at WWDC 2025, including on ...
https://github.com/SalvatoreRa/ML-news-of-the-week

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Claim 12: “AFM Core, Core Advanced Cloud, and Cloud Image —all of these are custom built for Apple Silicon, trained using proprietary data with reinforcement learning and refined using outputs from Gemini frontier models”

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