Apple, Google close in on $1-billion/year AI deal to use Gemini for Siri| Business News

Apple Inc. is planning to pay about $1 billion a year for an ultrapowerful 1.2 trillion parameter AI model developed by Alphabet Inc.’s Google that would help run its long-promised overhaul of the Siri voice assistant, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Apple and Google are finalising a deal that would give Apple […]

Some Reliance Jio users to get free Google Gemini Pro access for 18 months — how to claim| Business News

Reliance Jio has partnered with Google to offer select 5G users free access to Gemini Pro for 18 months. The plan—priced at ₹35,100—will be available to eligible Jio subscribers aged 18-25 through the MyJio app. The tie-up marks a major move by Reliance Jio and Google to bring advanced AI tools to India’s fast-growing 5G […]

Google clocks first $100-billion quarter amid ‘full-stack approach to AI’| Business News

Google parent Alphabet Inc. has clocked its first $100-billion quarter as the company fired on all cylinders—Google Search, Google Cloud, YouTube and Google Gemini—underscoring the “full-stack approach to AI” of the world’s largest search engine. Alphabet views its AI spending—from data centres and custom AI chips to research and talent—as critical for Google Cloud to […]

Google Cloud, Gemini power Alphabet earnings as ‘AI now driving real business’| Business News

Alphabet Inc. sales topped quarterly Wall Street estimates, fueled by a surge in demand for its cloud and AI services. Shares rose as much as 7.5% in extended trading. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. Google Search ads brought in $56.6 billion in sales in July-September, as “search instance share losses to ChatGPT have moderated”. (Bloomberg) Third-quarter […]