Apple wants AI to run directly on its hardware instead of in the cloud::iPhone maker wants to catch up to its rivals when it comes to AI.
Apple wants AI to run directly on its hardware instead of in the cloud::iPhone maker wants to catch up to its rivals when it comes to AI.
How’s that supposed to work?
I’m picturing a backpack full of batteries and graphics cards. Maybe they’re talking about a more limited model?
This is a Financial Times article, regurgitated by Ars Technica. The article isn’t by a tech journalist, it’s by a business journalist, and their definition of “AI” is a lot looser than what you’re thinking of.
I’m pretty sure they’re talking about things that Apple is already doing not just on current hardware but even on hardware from a few years ago. For example the keyboard on iOS now uses pretty much the same technology as ChatGPT but scaled way way down to the point where “Tiny Language Model” would probably be more accurate. I wouldn’t be surprised if the training data is as small as ten megabytes, compared to half a terabyte for ChatGPT.
The model will learn that you say “Fuck Yeah!” to one person and “That is interesting, thanks for sharing it with me.” to someone else. Very cool technology - but it’s not AI. The keyboard really will suggest swear words now by the way - if you’ve used them previously in a similar context to the current one. The old algorithmic keyboard had hardcoded “do not swear, ever” logic.
They’re making their own silicone now. You can achieve a lot more efficiency when you’re streamlined the whole way through.
It’s silicon. Silicon is a naturally occurring chemical element, whereas silicone is a synthetic substance.
Silicon is for computer chips, silicone is for boobies.
Google is already doing this with Gemini Nano. https://store.google.com/intl/en/ideas/articles/pixel-feature-drop-december-2023
Yes, like google is doing with their tensor chips in the pixels