Following in the footsteps of Apple, Chinese smartphone maker Oppo has launched a private cloud computing system called Private Computing Cloud to securely separate users’ sensitive information from its own AI products.
In this regard, Oppo has entered into a deal with Google that will allow it to use the American company’s Confidential Computing software with encryption support to ensure that user data in the Private Computing Cloud is protected from access by third parties.
The Private Computing Cloud structure will help ensure that users’ sensitive data, including browser searches and call history, is not used by Oppo to train its own AI software. Oppo is already partnering with Google to use Gemini’s foundational models to power AI features in its devices.
With the launch of Private Computing Cloud, the Chinese company is emulating Apple’s initiative to protect user data from being used in its own Apple Intelligence AI system with the Private Cloud Compute (PCC) announced last year, a “cloud intelligence system designed specifically for private AI processing.”
Oppo also said that its Private Computing Cloud system will integrate several functions this year, including call recording and summarization, search, and image generation. In addition, the company said it aims to provide generative AI features to 100 million users by the end of 2025, doubling its 2024 target of 50 million users.