Tag: On device ai

Siri AI in iOS 27: Apple's new assistant is already changing iPhone use

Apple launched the iOS 27 public beta with opt-in access to the new Siri AI — an assistant that searches across all user apps instead of acting within a single one. Early tests show impressive capabilities, though the full potential depends on third-party developer support.

Apple M7 Ultra: the self-driving car project left behind a powerful AI chip

Mark Gurman reveals Apple is skipping the M6 Pro/Max/Ultra lineup and fast-tracking the M7 Ultra — a server-grade chip supporting up to 1.5TB of RAM, a direct legacy of Apple's abandoned self-driving car project.

Small language models step up — the cheaper, on-device alternative

NVIDIA Research's claim that the future of agentic AI belongs to small language models is gaining real-world backing in 2026 — from the open SmolLM3 to Gemma 3 running locally on a tiny Google board.

Apple and Gemini on iPhone: hybrid AI over local privacy

Apple is working to bring a Gemini-powered Siri to the iPhone, but complex requests will be routed to the cloud rather than processed on device. The company signed a deal with NVIDIA for Confidential Computing — encrypted AI on Google and NVIDIA's cloud GPUs. Details are expected at WWDC 2026.

Google boosts Gemma 4 inference up to 3x with speculative decoding

On May 6, 2026, Google released experimental Multi-Token Prediction (MTP) drafter models for the Gemma 4 family, accelerating local inference up to three times with no loss of output quality. The technique is based on speculative decoding: a lightweight draft model predicts future tokens, which are then verified in parallel by the main model.

Google wypuścił cicho offline’ową apkę do dyktowania na iPhone’a

Google otwiera Gemma 4: Nowa generacja modeli AI stawia na lokalne działanie i agentowość