Apple reportedly interested in PrismML startup for running large AI models on iPhones without servers
Apple is reportedly interested in acquiring or partnering with PrismML, a startup that specializes in shrinking large AI models to run directly on iPhones without requiring cloud servers. PrismML has demonstrated running Alibaba's Qwen 3.6 model (27 billion parameters) on an iPhone 17 Pro, which could enable more powerful on-device AI capabilities for Apple.
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The startup, PrismML, said it has shrunk down Qwen 3.6, an open-source large language model developed by Chinese internet giant Alibaba, to run on an iPhone 17 Pro.
The model has 27 billion parameters, which are roughly similar to the synapses in a brain and can h
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