With the launch of the Apple 26-series operating systems, developers can now take advantage of the company’s on-device AI models . This has allowed for some interesting feature sets and showcases perhaps a smarter path forward for AI tools than the massive server farms used for tools like ChatGPT.

Apple’s Foundational Models run on-device across the M-series Macs, iPhone 15 Pro and newer, and all the latest iPads. This means they are free to run, but not as powerful as a giant AI model that would live in the cloud. However, for individualized tasks, they seem smartly implemented so far and run well on Apple’s AI-capable hardware. Things like Genmoji and the new live translations are two Apple features powered by the same on-device AI.

Now, third-party developers can use the same models t

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