Called OpenELM, or “efficient open source language model,” Apple says it can efficiently perform text-related tasks like writing emails. This is an open source AI model and is available for developers to use.
There are 4 different sized versions of OpenELM
OpenELM has 4 versions of different sizes, including 270 million parameters; 450 million parameters; 1,1 billion parameters and 3 billion parameters. Parameters refer to the number of variables a model understands during the decision-making process from its training data sets. For example, the Phi-3 model that Microsoft recently introduced reaches a minimum of 3,8 billion parameters, while Google's Gemma model offers 2 billion parameters. Smaller models are cheaper to run and are optimized to work on devices like phones and laptops.
In a statement in February, Apple CEO Tim Cook suggested that synthetic AI features would appear on the company's devices. He also said that Apple is spending "a large amount of time and effort" in the field of AI, but the company has not yet shared specific information about how it uses AI.
Apple has also introduced various AI models in the past, although it has not offered any AI models for commercial use like its competitors. In December 12.2023, the company launched MLX – an ideal machine learning framework that helps AI models run better on Apple Silicon processors. They also introduced an image editing AI model called MGIE that allows people to edit photos with prompts. Another AI model, Ferret-UI, can also be used for smartphone navigation. In addition, Apple is also said to be working on a tool to help complete programming code.
Despite developing all of its own AI models, the company is said to have reached out to Google and OpenAI to bring their AI models to Apple products.
