– Apple released a new family of large language models, made it fully open source, and offered it on popular AI platform Hugging Face for developers to use and adapt
– The models are designed to work well on edge devices like smartphones and laptops, prioritizing security and privacy
– Apple’s commitment to creating AI models that can run efficiently on devices like iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks is evident in their recent work, including the release of OpenELM, which could lead to a framework for developers to use in AI apps
Apple has released a new family of large language models, made it fully open source and offered it up on popular AI platform Hugging Face for other developers to play with and adapt. The new models, called OpenELM, are designed to work well on edge devices like smartphones and laptops, making them more secure and private for users. While it is unclear if these models will be used in future Apple products, they show the direction the company is taking with its AI technology.
OpenELM stands for Open Source Efficient LLMs and is a set of instruct models that can be re-trained, adapted, and integrated by third-party developers and researchers. These models are more accurate and efficient, and are focused on providing support for the research community. There are four models in the family, pre-trained on the open source CoreNet data library, with the largest model containing 3 billion parameters.
The release of OpenELM also includes code to use the MLX library, which is the toolkit Apple uses to run AI models on its own chipsets. This could lead to future Apple products, like AR glasses, using onboard AI to offer information even when offline. Ultimately, OpenELM is a research project that showcases Apple’s commitment to creating AI models that can efficiently run on devices like iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks without compromising capability.
Apple’s efforts in AI research and development, including improvements in memory usage efficiency and new language models, are aimed at creating a framework that developers can use for AI in apps. Ultimately, OpenELM could pave the way for more advanced AI capabilities in future Apple products like the iPhone.