2026-0114 [CNET]: Apple Picking Google Gemini to Power Siri Was About Buying Time
CNET interviewed Professor Tsay about Apple's choice of Google's Gemini to power the next version of Siri.
From the article:
"If this is a rom-com, you would say, in retrospect, that this was always going to be the outcome -- it just makes too much sense," said Andy Tsay, professor of information systems and analytics at Santa Clara University's Leavy School of Business.
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Tsay said the Trump administration has been less keen to challenge Big Tech than the Biden administration was. "I take it as they've got no problem with this, whereas the previous administration probably would have had a big problem."
Jan 14, 2026