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 to inject powerful AI tools into their creations. The Canadian education app CellWalk uses the new AI models to generate conversational explanations of complex biology terms. “Our visuals have always been interactive, but with the Foundation Models framework, the text itself comes alive. Scientific data hidden in our app becomes a dynamic system that adapts to each learner, and the reliable structured data produced by the model made integration with our app seamless,” said the developer Tim Davidson.
The other Canadian app highlighted in Apple’s newsroom post is Train Fitness, which can adapt your workout routine if someone else is already using the machine you need at the gym. This is supposed to be smart enough to know what area of your workout that machine was targeting and will suggest somthing else to work out that area to keep your workout seamless.
Alongside these two Canadian apps, there were many others highlighted, including fitness apps. You can check out the others in Apple’s full post.
Source: Apple
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