New Small AI Model Lets Developers Experiment on iOS

Developers have a new way to experiment with developing AI apps for iOS devices after the release this week of an small open source model from The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) and Contextual AI.

The new language model, called OLMoE, works on iPhone 15 Pro or newer (due to hardware restrictions, it won’t work on earlier versions), as well as M-series iPads and Macs. Smaller models will be available on desktops and other versions of Apple phones in the coming weeks, the company added.

The AI can be used to test models locally and integrate…