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How far behind is Apple in terms of GenAI? 

They just admitted defeat, as according to Bloomberg reports they’re partnering with their chief rival Google to make their Apple Intelligence actually….intelligent. 

Maybe now we can say that Apple achieved AGI? (Apple’s Google Intelligence.) 

Yeah, Apple’s AI efforts have been THAT bad that now only Google could save them by throwing them a Gemini-wrapped life vest. (And Google’s market cap shot up about $250 billion from the news.) 

Bloomberg's breaking report confirms Apple and Google signed formal agreements to test custom Gemini models in Apple's private cloud

This formal agreement reportedly involves Apple evaluating and testing a custom Google-designed Gemini AI model primarily for Siri's summarizer function, intended for Apple's "World Knowledge Answers" system. 

You know… to make Siri actually smart with LLMs. 

If implemented, the Google AI model would operate on Apple's Private Cloud Compute servers, ensuring that user data privacy is maintained as Apple's own Foundation Models would handle personal user dat

This ain't just another tech deal. Naahhhh shorties.. This is Apple waving an eco-friendly, grass-fed white flag on the most important technology shift in decades.

Guess Apple couldn’t deliver the intelligence in “Apple Intelligence” without Google. 

So what’s it all mean? 

And will Apple finally be able to deliver REAL Generative AI capabilities to billions of devices? 

Make sure to check out today’s full episode, but let’s dive in and see what this all means. 

Wrong move at the right time.

Apple's "World Knowledge Answers" partnership with Google represents one of the most significant Big Tech alliance shifts in decades. When companies worth over two trillion dollars each decide to collaborate instead of compete, the entire industry landscape changes permanently.

Think about this strategically. 

Google's stock shot up 9 percent after the Bloomberg report while Apple's gained only three percent. Apple gets incremental improvements to stop the bleeding, but Google's ceiling just legit exploded with access to 2.2 billion Apple devices worldwide.

Worse for Apple? This creates a fundamental dependency problem for Apple that gets worse over time. 

Every successful query processed through this custom Gemini integration makes Google stronger while keeping Apple reliant on external intelligence. The partnership raises Apple's floor but supercharges Google's competitive position across search, AI development, and enterprise markets.

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Don’t follow the Apple blueprint here. Lolz. 

Audit your company's core competencies right now and identify which ones absolutely cannot be outsourced to competitors without creating existential dependency risks. If your competitive advantage relies on capabilities you don't own internally, you're building on someone else's foundation. 

Map out which strategic functions need internal development versus partnership approaches, because the difference determines whether you maintain control or become dependent on rivals for survival.

Apple’s Top AI engineer, Ruoming Pang, reportedly took a $200 million compensation package from Meta.

That's Apple's AI lead jumping ship with enough money to fund entire startups. But this wasn't isolated. Five separate waves of key AI researchers and engineers fled to Meta, OpenAI, DeepMind, and Anthropic over the past two months.

Here's what everyone missed. 

Apple's arrogance about paying market rates for AI talent created the exact scenario they're now scrambling to fix. 

They assumed their brand was enough to retain world-class researchers while Google, Meta, and others wrote Richie Rich blank checks for the same people.

Result? People running from Apple like the blue text bubbles turned green. 

The talent exodus reveals everything about internal confidence levels at Apple’s AI teams. When your AI lead accepts a package worth more than most companies' annual revenue, that's not just career advancement. That's abandoning a sinking ship before public markets realize what's happening in Cupertino. 

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Yeah, this has gotta be one of the wildest AI transaction stories like… ever. 

Go read more about the $200 million saga, and what could have been the beginning of the end of Apple’s internal AI hopes. 

Apple's paying their biggest rival to make 2+ billion devices smarter. 

Google learns exactly how Apple users want to interact with AI through this partnership.

Even though analysts said this was a positive move for Apple, all they did was feed the Google beast that could eventually starve them out. 

The technical integration gives Google unprecedented insights into Apple’s AI infra across the world's most valuable device ecosystem. They already collect $20+ billion annually from Apple for default search—now Apple's paying some back.

This "World Knowledge Answers" system breaks user queries into three parts: intelligent planner, search system, web summarizer. Google's custom models handle everything outside personal data while Apple's weaker models manage private information.

How’s that break down for the market? Google wins the long-game, even if Apple scores a short win. 

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Identify which competitors have solved problems your internal teams are struggling with.

Research their partnership pricing models and terms for similar integrations. Sometimes your biggest rival offers the fastest path to market competitiveness.