GoKawiilApple's substantial AI upgrade has been rumored for a long time, but we got a closer look Monday at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference. One of the biggest drops was the five new Apple Intelligence models that were built in partnership with Google.
Apple Intelligence was a prominent part of Apple's software news, culminating in the revamped Siri AI personal assistant. We also heard about the new MacOS Golden Gate, new Vision Pro-inspired AI photography tools and what may be inside the upcoming iOS 27.
"We believe that truly helpful AI must be centered around you and your needs," Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, said during the WWDC keynote video presentation.
Here's what you need to know about the new AI models and where they will show up across your Apple devices.
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5 new foundational models
Apple and Google released five new AI models. Don't expect clever names from this family of Apple Foundation Models. They include:
AFM 3 Core: The 3 billion parameter base model is designed to run on your iPhone or Mac.
The 3 billion parameter base model is designed to run on your iPhone or Mac. AFM 3 Core Advanced: Apple calls this multimodal 20-billion parameter model its "most powerful on-device model."
Apple calls this multimodal 20-billion parameter model its "most powerful on-device model." AFM 3 Cloud: As the name suggestions, this model runs in cloud servers.
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