a bright yellow industrial tube hangs from a ceiling in a modern living room, hundreds of apples are getting sucked up into the tube, there are apples all over the place. –ar 5:3 –style raw
Apple Acquires French AI Company Specializing in On-Device Processing – MacRumors – https://www.macrumors.com/2024/04/22/apple-acquires-french-ai-company/
“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
“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
Report: Google Gemini Nano gets ‘version 2’ in coming months – https://9to5google.com/2024/04/24/google-gemini-nano-2-report/
“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’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 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/
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.
- Agents/Copilots
- Amazon
- Apple
- Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
- Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR)
- Autonomous Vehicles
- AI Audio
- Business and Enterprise AI
- Chips and Hardware
- Consumer Products
- Education
- Ethics/Legal Security
- Images/Photos
- International AI News
- Locally Run AI Models
- Mobile
- Meta
- Microsoft
- OpenAI
- Open Source
- Podcasts/YouTube
- Publishing and News
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) News
- Robots and Embodiment
- Science and Medicine
- Video
- Vision/Multimodality
- X/Twitter/Grok
- Tech and Development
Credits/Sources

Most of these weekly links come from just a few prolific oversharing sources. Please follow them, as they work hard to find the news each week and they make it a lot easier for me to compile.
- Robert Scoble: https://x.com/Scobleizer
- Ethan Mollick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emollick/
- Alan Thompson: https://lifearchitect.ai/
- Theoretically Media: https://www.youtube.com/@TheoreticallyMedia
- The Rundown: https://www.therundown.ai/
- Bilawal Sidhu: https://twitter.com/bilawalsidhu/
- TLDR: https://tldr.tech/ai
- Jeremiah Owyang: https://twitter.com/jowyang
- Nick St. Pierre: https://twitter.com/nickfloats
- Dr. Jim Fan: https://twitter.com/DrJimFan
- All About AI: https://www.youtube.com/@AllAboutAI
- Marshall Kirkpatrick: https://aitimetoimpact.com/
- AI News (Smol Talk): https://buttondown.email/ainews/archive/
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