… The local model is not used by that AI, instead it powers features like “Help me write”. Hanff says that the silent installation of the model could potentially be illegal in several jurisdictions. …
… Some official details are expected at WWDC 2026, and it remains to be seen how capable the on-device model would be, given the current state of open-source local models. iPhone 18 colors: Four new iPhone 18 dummies surfaced online, featuring the rumored colors Apple might choose this time. …
… The generative AI chatbot app now has over 900 million monthly active users , and it just got updated with the new Gemini 3.5 Flash and Gemini Omni Flash models. …
… Hopefully, this will lead to a more aggressive push for better mid-range hardware that can handle offline language models so that people who don’t want to pay can fall back to running AI locally. …
… New way to make money World-building has been an overlooked domain when it comes to AI model training; there is a lack of high-quality, reliable training data. Origin Lab wants to be the middleman between video game companies and labs building world models. …
… Ubuntu embraces GenAI The AI wave is everywhere, and Ubuntu-maker Canonical announced that it's going all in on generative AI. However, it's "treading carefully" in how it introduces generative AI in Ubuntu, and that these AI models will be local-first. …
… With 128GB of unified memory, Surface RTX Spark Dev Box can deliver 1 petaflop of AI compute and run models with up to 120 billion parameters locally, significantly reducing reliance on cloud GPU instances. …