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Apple wants AI to run directly on its hardware instead of in the cloud (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Apple added (a while back) what they call a “Neural Engine,” which is hardware dedicated to efficient execution of ML workloads.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_A11

They have been refining it ever since. I would not be surprised if they made advancements in both the hardware and software used for local GAI.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

And Google did the same with the Tensor Processor Unit in the Pixels.