Posted Mar 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM UTC

Apple’s deal with Google lets it use Gemini to train smaller AI models.

As part of a deal announced in January, Apple reportedly has ‘complete access’ to Gemini in its data centers, according to The Information. That includes the option to use Gemini to train “student” AI models via distillation that could be specially-tuned for Apple’s devices and require less computing power.

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