Source: as part of its Google deal, Apple has full access to the Gemini model in its own data centers and can use distillation to produce smaller models
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@shishirshelke1
Shishir
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Apple might've just pulled the smartest move yet. The $1B Google deal is way deeper than anyone expected. “Apple has complete access to the Gemini model in its own data center facilities. Apple can use that access to produce smaller models that power specific tasks or are small […
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@lafaiel
@lafaiel
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Apple's local AFM model is insanely stable and handles multiple languages really well, even though it's tiny. The only company this good is Google, but AFM is way smaller than their Gemma The problem is the safeguard is so heavy it's basically unusable
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@justingorya
Justin
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@kimmonismus Lol. Apple literally just pays google to do the research and they are making the finished product. tbh. Smart move.
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@paytondev
@paytondev
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“Apple can...produce smaller models that...are small enough to run directly on Apple devices” we're so back
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@clementdelangue
Clem
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everyone distills from everyone and AI outputs are mostly fair use imo (same as internet content which is mostly ai generated anyway)
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@emollick
Ethan Mollick
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Huh. I am not sure distilling Gemini models to run on phones is going to result in the generally capable agents that people will soon expect, but we shall see.