Apple to unveil AI Siri with Nvidia chips at WWDC

A major overhaul of Apple's Siri voice assistant is expected to be announced next week, and reports indicate it will be powered in part by artificial intelligence chips from Nvidia. The new AI-enhanced Siri is slated to launch with iOS 27 later this year.

According to reports, the revamped Siri will utilize a licensed version of Google's advanced Gemini AI model. To process complex user queries that require cloud-based computing, Apple will reportedly access Google's data centers, which are equipped with Nvidia's high-performance Blackwell B200 chips. This arrangement marks a shift from Apple's typical approach of tightly controlling its hardware supply chain.

The decision to rely on Google's infrastructure stems from Apple's reported difficulties in running the large Gemini model on its own custom server system, known as Private Cloud Compute, which is built with Apple silicon. The Gemini model's immense scale was said to cause performance issues on Apple's in-house servers, prompting the use of Google Cloud for optimal inference.

A key component of the partnership involves the use of Nvidia's Blackwell architecture chips, which are designed for large-scale AI applications....