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TL;DR
- Samsung is reportedly trying to broaden its AI choices.
- The corporate is claimed to be in talks with a number of distributors, together with OpenAI and Perplexity.
- The goal is to present Galaxy S26 customers extra selection over what AI mannequin they use.
Samsung has lengthy been partnering with Google to convey Gemini to its Galaxy telephones. Whereas this partnership has served Samsung effectively, a brand new report suggests the corporate doesn’t wish to be tied to just one exterior AI mannequin. The agency is claimed to be in talks with a few of Google’s greatest rivals within the AI house.
In a really Apple-like transfer, Samsung is trying to diversify its exterior AI agent portfolio. Based on Bloomberg, the Korean tech big has its eyes set on bringing OpenAI and Perplexity into the fold. Choi Gained-Joon, president and COO of Samsung’s cell division, advised the outlet that the corporate is aiming to present its clients extra decisions over what AI they use on the Galaxy S26.
“We’re speaking to a number of distributors,” stated Choi. “So long as these AI brokers are aggressive and might present the very best consumer experiences, we’re open to any AI agent on the market.”
Again in June, it was reported that Samsung was near inking a take care of Perplexity. The deal would see Perplexity’s providers and applied sciences preloaded onto Samsung telephones. Moreover, it’s stated that Perplexity’s search options may very well be built-in into the Samsung Web Browser. We might even see Perplexity’s know-how built-in into the Bixby assistant.
In that report, it was stated that Samsung might have been planning to make Perplexity’s assistant the default possibility. The 2 corporations have been additionally reportedly in talks of creating an “AI-infused” working system and an “AI brokers” app. This app could be used to assist Perplexity and different AI assistants.
