Apple Just Dropped a Game-Changing Surprise AI Model for Your iPhone

Apple… Open Source!?

FadinGeek
3 min readApr 26, 2024

Big tech usually keeps their cool tech under lock and key and Apple is definitely one of the top companies here. But once in a while, we get a revelation in the minds of the companies and end up getting amazing products that without a lock, could potentially change the world.

Apple just unveiled a tiny AI brain that runs on your iPhone — and it’s packing a serious punch. This makes us live in this day and age where we can almost have supercomputer powers in the phones we use. Forget everything you thought you knew about Apple being secretive about their tech — they just released a whole family of these mini AI models, called OpenELM, for anyone to play with.

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What is this?

OpenELM isn’t just some cute party trick. This little guy can actually do some impressive things, like helping you write emails or navigate your phone without needing to send everything off to the cloud. That means faster performance and, more importantly, your privacy stays on your device.

Imagine composing an email on your iPhone and having AI suggest the perfect phrasing, or getting real-time language translation that doesn’t require an internet connection. OpenELM makes these futuristic features a reality, all tucked away neatly within your trusty Apple device.

How does This Affect EVERYONE?

But wait, there’s more! This isn’t just a win for iPhone users. Apple’s releasing OpenELM as an open-source project, which means anyone can tinker with it, improve it, and even build cool new features on top of it. It’s like giving the whole world a box of AI building blocks — and who knows what amazing things people will create?

This is a big deal for a few reasons. First, it shows that Apple’s been quietly working on some serious AI advancements, even if they haven’t been shouting about it from the rooftops. Second, it proves that powerful AI doesn’t have to live on giant servers in far-off data centers. OpenELM proves you can get impressive results with a tiny model running right on your device.

This might also be a hint of what’s to come at Apple’s upcoming developer conference. With the release of OpenELM, it seems Apple is betting big on the future of on-device AI. Imagine a world where your iPhone can understand your needs and anticipate what you want to do before you even do it — that’s the kind of future OpenELM is paving the way for.

So, buckle up Apple fans, because it seems the future of AI is about to get a whole lot more personal, and a whole lot more powerful — right in your pocket.

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