Maybe they're looking for stability and trust Google to be around longer than Antrophic or OpenAI when the storm starts.

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Danox 16 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Google was the right choice stability and it only cost Apple $1 billion per year that’s pretty much of a no-brainer, and with Apple’s history, they probably will use Gemini for as long as they need it and then use their own model in time.

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deepfriedbits 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Bingo. They see this as the future commodity it will be. Customers will choose AI providers much way they choose a car: taste, price, a few other factors.

And to your point, Google has a massive balance sheet, produces their own AI chips, and is not going anywhere anytime soon.

	▲	kube-system 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		People are not even going to choose their AI providers in the future, it's going to be a part of some other product.

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cpeterso 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

And Apple already has a $20B search partnership with Google they can build on.

	▲	create_accounts 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		fair and square, indeed

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nalekberov 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I’ll just put this link here: https://killedbygoogle.com/

	▲	chinathrow 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I am familiar what Google has killed before, but a contract with Apple is not something they'll throw out of the window for no reasons.

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rileymat2 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I may be jaded, but I do not trust Google for product offering stability. Obviously, Apple is a way bigger fish.

	▲	vrosas 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's not a popular opinion on HN but Google is actually super stable from a B2B perspective. Even app engine (2008) is still kicking.