Phonon TTS launches high-quality on-device speech model
Phonon TTS is a new on-device speech synthesis model that tops benchmarks for quality and efficiency.
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PREEN performs color style transfer via editor presets
PREEN predicts editor slider parameters from style references to achieve sub-second on-device latency.
Show HN: Pulse Local, a Mac budgeting app whose AI models run on your machine
Pulse Local is a Mac budgeting app that runs its AI models entirely on device.
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Cerebras CEO says we’re nearing a future where everyone has a personal AI assistant at home
Cerebras CEO Andrew Feldman says personal AI assistants in the home are not far away.
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Tony Fadell on why the first wave of AI gadgets failed — and what comes next
Tony Fadell says first-wave AI gadgets failed for lacking real needs, and trust plus on-device processing will decide what succeeds.
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Tell HN: Apple not letting removal of AI models on macOS 27 is outrageous
A Hacker News post criticizes Apple for blocking removal of on-device AI models in macOS 27.
An open-source tool lets you delete 12GB of Apple Intelligence data on macOS
Open-source RemoveMacAI turns off Apple Intelligence on macOS and deletes its on-disk models.
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Remove and Disable Apple Macos27 AI Models Tool
A GitHub tool is presented to remove and disable Apple's macOS 27 AI models.
After a deepfake voice fooled her grandfather, this founder sprang into action
DetectifAI builds on-device deepfake voice detection after its founder's grandfather was scammed by an AI voice.
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Qualcomm launches two new smartphone chips with emphasis on AI
Qualcomm unveiled Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chips that run on-device AI, including a 30-billion-parameter MoE model.
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Laya (OS Jev) on Mac M4 CoreML Offline (45 decisions per second)
A gist shows the Laya (OS Jev) model running fully offline on an Apple M4 Mac via CoreML at 45 decisions per second.
PrismML hopes its tiny LLM will change how we all use AI
PrismML released Bonsai 2 27B, compressing Alibaba's Qwen 27B to 5.9 GB with ternary weights while retaining 98% of benchmark performance.
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Tell HN: iOS 27 does not allow Apple Intelligence to be disabled
Hacker News discussion argues Apple Intelligence is a marketing umbrella for disparate long-standing ML features, explaining why iOS 27 lacks a disable switch.
Apple Doesn’t Want You to Worry About the New Apple Watch's Listening Features
Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 add opt-in audio intelligence features that process microphone audio on-device via a new Secure Exclave.
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Apple CEO John Ternus says the best AI device is still the iPhone
Apple CEO John Ternus said the iPhone is the best AI device, emphasizing on-device processing and privacy in Apple's AI strategy.
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Product showcase: Is this image real? Slop or Not investigates
Slop or Not is an offline iPhone/Mac app using on-device Apple Neural Engine models to detect AI-generated images, text and SynthID watermarks.
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