Apple has long been rumored to have plans for a big AI push into and beyond 2024, and now new research might go a long way to making that a reality all while being able to maintain Apple's demand for security and privacy.
To date, large language models (LLMs) like those on which ChatGPT is based have been powered by computers housed in data centers, and accessed via a webpage or an iPhone app. They're huge pieces of software that require equally huge amounts of resources to work properly, making it problematic to try and make them run locally on phones like the upcoming iPhone 16. But by having LLMs run in data centers there is a concern about privacy to consider, and with Apple already working to keep as many Siri requests on-device as possible, it's no surprise that Apple might want to do the same with any LLM implementation it is working on.
