Google is rolling out a new cloud-based platform designed to power advanced AI features while maintaining strong user privacy protections. The system, called Private AI Compute, functions similarly to Apple’s Private Cloud Compute, offering users the ability to process complex AI tasks securely without exposing personal data to the company.
The new platform addresses a growing challenge for tech companies: delivering more sophisticated AI functions that exceed the capabilities of local devices while ensuring user data remains protected. Google explained that while many of its AI-powered tools—such as translation, audio summarization, and chat assistants—run on-device, increasingly powerful AI models require greater computational resources than most devices can provide.
Private AI Compute acts as a “secure, fortified space” in Google Cloud, where select AI tasks can be offloaded. The company emphasized that sensitive data handled through this system is accessible only to the user, stating that “not even Google” can view the information.
By allowing devices to tap into greater processing power, the new framework will enable AI tools to provide more contextual and personalized suggestions. For example, Google’s Pixel 10 phones will soon be able to generate richer insights via Magic Cue, an assistant that surfaces context-aware information from apps like Gmail and Calendar. The update will also expand Recorder’s transcription capabilities to support more languages.
Google described this as “just the beginning,” suggesting that the Private AI Compute platform will eventually underpin a wider range of AI features across its ecosystem, including Android, ChromeOS, and Pixel devices.
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