Revamped Siri will tap Nvidia chips for fast, private cloud computing

Despite initial claims that Apple Intelligence would run only on Apple Silicon, the company will now also use Google Cloud and Nvidia processors, raising questions about privacy.

Apple is continuing to promote how Apple Intelligence can work on-device without needing an internet connection. But when a prompt requires more, Craig Federighi said in 2024 that it was essential for privacy and security that it uses only Apple servers.

That was before the partnership with Google Gemini, however, which has previously been rumored to extend to Apple using Google Cloud. According to The Information, this partnership does include Google Cloud, and consequently Google's servers running Nvidia Blackwell B200 chips.

Reportedly, Apple is to enable a confidential compute feature in these Nvidia chips, which encrypts data as it's being processed. That should mean that Apple continues to be able to secure Apple Intelligence requests.

Currently when Apple Intelligence sends a request from a user's device to the company's cloud servers, it is protected by Apple's Private Cloud Compute. This is what means a user can access a full-size AI LLM, yet know that only their prompt is being passed to it.

Apple already has further rules that mean prompts cannot be retained for training, either. That may be part of why OpenAI regrets agreeing to its deal providing responses via Siri.

It is certain that Apple will continue its privacy focus, but it's not clear how beyond relying on Nvidia's encryption. Reportedly, Apple tried to run a version of Google Gemini under Private Cloud Compute, but it was too slow to be usable.

Separately, the new report does give more credence to a 2025 rumor about Apple using Nvidia processors in servers. It was claimed that Apple was then in the process of buying 250 Nvidia NVL72 servers, which cost around $4 million each.

It's unusual for Apple to seemingly not try to control the whole stack, from its own servers to its own software. But then when the improved Siri is announced at WWDC, it will be at least partly using Google Gemini.

That WWDC announcement will be in the opening keynote video, which is due to begin at 10:00 A.M. Pacific on Monday, June 8, 2026. AppleInsider will be reporting from Apple Park throughout.