A new report on Sunday again reiterates that Apple's AI push in iOS 18 is rumored to focus on privacy with processing done directly on the iPhone, that won't connect to cloud services.
Quantised models can be surprisingly small. And if Apple aren’t targeting LLMs for local use, more specific/tailored models absolutely can run on device.
That said, given the precedent sent by Siri, their next progression of Siri into an LLM will absolutely require network connection and be executed server side.
Quantised models can be surprisingly small. And if Apple aren’t targeting LLMs for local use, more specific/tailored models absolutely can run on device.
That said, given the precedent sent by Siri, their next progression of Siri into an LLM will absolutely require network connection and be executed server side.