Computerworld.com reported that “Apple is reportedly planning to pay Google to provide a kind of white-label version of Google Gemini AI that will run securely on Apple’s own Private Cloud Compute servers.” The November 3, 2025 article entitled ” Apple may tap Google Gemini for Apple Intelligence AI” (https://www.computerworld.com/article/4083274/apple-may-tap-google-gemini-for-apple-intelligence-ai.html) included these comments about “AI- as-a-service”:
The basic premise here seems to be that pending introduction of its own proprietary search tools; Apple will make use of Gemini. Further, because privacy is extremely important to Apple, the company will use a version of Gemini hosted on its own Apple servers.
This isn’t the first AI partnership Apple has explored.
It made access to ChatGPT available within Apple Intelligence on day one and now also enables developer use of Anthropic’s Claude AI within Xcode 26. In China, Apple has been reported to be working with Baidu and Alibaba to support Apple Intelligence. It’s not at all impossible the company will find itself required to adopt a tapestry of AI access deals as nations begin to wake up to the strategic challenges of transnational AI provision as evidenced by the growing desire for sovereign cloud services.
Apple, presumably, hopes the desire for private and secure cloud AI services will become the wind beneath the wings of its private and secure approach to delivering such services. After all, even if Google Gemini becomes one of the primary services driving Apple Intelligence, the fact it does so natively on Apple’s own private/secure servers is an advantage for Cupertino.
Anyone surprised?
First published at https://www.vogelitlaw.com/blog/apple-may-use-googles-ai-gemini