#private cloud compute

Apple is enhancing transparency around its Apple Intelligence features by adding a new user permission popup that notifies and seeks consent before certain AI tasks send data to Google Cloud servers. The change appears in both the upcoming iOS 27 and the current iOS 26, 9to5Mac reports, reflecting Apple’s expanding use of external cloud infrastructure for advanced generative AI…

In an era where Big Tech is racing to build ever-larger data centers to power cloud-based AI, Apple is charting a different course. According to a new report from The Information, Apple is preparing to renew its aggressive push for AI that runs primarily on devices rather than in the cloud—leveraging its years of custom silicon expertise to deliver smarter, faster, and far more private…

Apple has struck a major multi-year partnership with Google to integrate Gemini models as the foundation for next-generation Apple Intelligence features — most notably a long-awaited, significantly smarter and more personalized version of Siri set to arrive later in 2026. After a rocky rollout of Apple Intelligence, repeated delays to Siri’s advanced capabilities, and mounting pressure to catch…

While many of the largest tech companies race to build massive data centers for their artificial intelligence ambitions, Apple is taking a more modest approach. In its fiscal 2025, which ended in September, Apple spent $12.72 billion on capital expenditures. Compared to Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon, Apple is barely spending at all. Apple’s restrained approach to AI hasn’t hurt its…

Apple announced on Thursday that it has begun shipping AI servers manufactured at its Houston factory, as part of a broader plan to invest $600 billion in America over the coming years. These servers feature custom Apple-designed chips to enable Appel Intelligence AI capabilities on iPhones, iPads, and Macs while maintaining the company’s strict privacy standards. Reuters: ‎ Servers from the…

Apple has opened up its Private Cloud Compute (PCC) to researchers, offering up to $1 million to anyone who finds a hole in the secure cloud platform that supports its Apple Intelligence features. The first handful of Apple Intelligence features are about to roll out next week. Kate O’Flaherty for Forbes: ‎ [W]ith Apple Intelligence, the iPhone maker processes as much data as possible on the…

During the playing of Apple’s canned video “It’s Glowtime” event on Monday, the company never mentioned the words “artificial intelligence.” And, for good reason. Last month, a study published in the Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management found that describing a product as powered by artificial intelligence tends to lower a customer’s intention to buy it. : ‎ A study published in the…

Major Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC)’s earnings beat analysts’ heightened estimates as global demand for AI chips continues to be insatiable. Jane Lanhee Lee for Bloomberg News: ‎ Market expectations had risen in the weeks leading up to TSMC’s report on Thursday, with the AI frenzy and related investment showing no signs of slowing down. The chipmaker for Apple Inc.…