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Sarah Chaney

Google's Gemini Nano beats Apple to the privacy-protecting AI punch — here's how it works

Gemini nano on pixel 8 pro.

In a blog post from Google on Tuesday, the company said, "Android is the first mobile operating system that includes a built-in, on-device foundation model," and now, Google's Pixel phones will be the first capable of running AI features fully on-device. 

A month ago, we excitedly reported on a claim from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman on many initial AI features for iOS working "entirely on device." This approach would've relieved many privacy concerns regarding AI on iPhone, but Gurman is now reporting that Apple's AI features won't run entirely on your device, and will instead be split between on-device processing and secure data centers.

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