Elon Musk Criticizes Apple-Google AI Partnership as Power Concentration

Elon Musk publicly criticized Apple and Google's AI collaboration, labeling it an 'unreasonable concentration of power' for Google. The partnership integrates Google's Gemini AI models into Apple's Siri and other AI features to improve personalization and performance in iOS 26.4. Musk highlighted competitive concerns, noting Apple had tested other AI providers such as OpenAI and Anthropic, while paying Google around $1 billion annually for the technology.