Apple’s ‘Glenwood’ Fix: A $1B Hybrid Siri Using Google’s AI

Apple’s “Glenwood” project, the internal effort to fix Siri, has culminated in a $1 billion-a-year “interim” deal with Google. The new “Linwood” Siri will be a hybrid, using Google’s 1.2 trillion parameter Gemini AI for complex tasks.

This “behind-the-scenes” integration comes after Google’s “ultrapowerful” AI won a “bake-off” against OpenAI and Anthropic. It will handle all “summariser” and “planner” functions, a massive leap from Apple’s 150-billion parameter models.

The new Siri will be a hybrid. Apple’s tech will handle simple requests, while Google’s AI will manage multi-step, complex tasks. This is a reluctant admission of Apple’s AI lag.

The project, overseen by Craig Federighi and Mike Rockwell, is a “temporary fix” as Apple’s teams rush to build a 1T+ replacement model.

Privacy is the deal’s lynchpin. The Gemini model will be hosted on Apple’s “walled-off” Private Cloud Compute servers, guaranteeing Google gets its $1B fee but no access to user data.