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“Apple is reportedly building an LLM that will be completely on-device instead of cloud-based. The move could improve privacy and speed up response times for AI on devices. Apple’s marketing strategy for AI will apparently be based on how it can be useful, rather than power.  https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1782251032988270956

Apple Reportedly Developing Its Own Custom Silicon for AI Servers – MacRumors – https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/23/apple-developing-its-own-ai-server-processor/

“BREAKING: Apple intensifies talks with OpenAI to power new iPhone AI features this year  https://twitter.com/business/status/1783988043424153882 

“Run Apple’s new OpenELM models in MLX LM thanks to @Prince_Canuma pip install -U mlx-lm 270M model in 16-bit runs quite fast on an 8GB M2 Mini (512 tokens at 115 toks/sec). Also pretty good quality for the size:  https://twitter.com/awnihannun/status/1783646659362332940 

Apple releases OpenELM: small, open source AI for devices | VentureBeat – https://venturebeat.com/ai/apple-releases-openelm-small-open-source-ai-models-designed-to-run-on-device/

“Pretty clear signaling from the flurry of papers by Microsoft and Apple that local LLMs on phones connecting to bigger LLMs in the cloud are coming. Phi 3 is already far better than Siri or Alexa, and with tools and the ability to call on a smarter intelligence, it can do a lot  https://twitter.com/emollick/status/1783154136629870857

Apple’s new AI model hints at how AI could come to the iPhone – The Verge – https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/24/24139266/apple-ai-model-openelm-iphone-laptops-strategy 

Apple’s (AAPL) OpenAI Talks Intensify as It Seeks to Add AI Features – Bloomberg – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-26/apple-intensifies-talks-with-openai-for-iphone-generative-ai-features 

“Apple just acquired Datakalab, an AI startup that specializes in low-power AI algorithms for apps that can run on devices rather than rely on the cloud. Also of note: in 2023, Apple acquired 32 AI startups, the most of any tech company. Read more:  https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1782955027771859452 

Apple Acquires French AI Company Specializing in On-Device Processing – MacRumors – https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/22/apple-acquires-french-ai-company/

Ex-Amazon AI exec claims she was asked to ignore IP law • The Register – https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/22/ghaderi_v_amazon/

Gurman: Apple Working on On-Device LLM for Generative AI Features – MacRumors – https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/21/apple-working-on-on-device-llm/

“Apple presents OpenELM An Efficient Language Model Family with Open-source Training and Inference Framework The reproducibility and transparency of large language models are crucial for advancing open research, ensuring the trustworthiness of results, and  https://twitter.com/_akhaliq/status/1782949384163876953

“Apple presents OpenELM – An efficient LM family with open-source training and inference framework – Performs on par with OLMo while requiring 2x fewer pre-training tokens repo:  https://twitter.com/arankomatsuzaki/status/1782948858005454997 

“Apple presents CatLIP CLIP-level Visual Recognition Accuracy with 2.7x Faster Pre-training on Web-scale Image-Text Data Contrastive learning has emerged as a transformative method for learning effective visual representations through the alignment of image and text  https://twitter.com/_akhaliq/status/1783557863069139270

Apple Releases Open Source AI Models That Run On-Device – MacRumors – https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/24/apple-ai-open-source-models/

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AI News #30: Week Ending 04/26/2024 with Executive Summary and Top 39 Links

The post you just read is an deep dive extension of my weekly newsletter, This Week In AI, an executive summary of the top things to know in AI. Each week, I create an accessible overview for laypeople to feel confident they are conversant with the week’s AI developments. I include a curated list of must-click links of the week, to offer everyone a hands-on opportunity to explore the most intriguing updates in artificial intelligence across various categories, including robotics, imagery, video, AR/VR, science, ethics, and more. Beyond the overview, I post these topic-based deeper dives (below). If you haven’t read this week’s overview, I recommend starting there.

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• Locally Run AI Models
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• Alan Thompson: https://lifearchitect.ai/ 
• Theoretically Media: https://www.youtube.com/@TheoreticallyMedia   
• The Rundown: https://www.therundown.ai/ 
• Bilawal Sidhu:  https://twitter.com/bilawalsidhu/  
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• All About AI: https://www.youtube.com/@AllAboutAI   
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