Apple plans to offer an AI server built around the “M8” series chips and has considered incorporating Nvidia networking hardware, The information reports. The system would be sold to outside customers, potentially returning Apple to a business it left behind when it abandoned Xserve in 2011. Apple would target companies that want to run AI…
Apple’s unusually timely announcement of new Mac mini and Mac Studio models this week was driven by a surprisingly strong enterprise appetite for AI hardware, according to The information. Apple normally releases new Mac models in the fall, closer to October or November, making this week’s announcement unusually early, just before the new iPhone models…
Apple is looking to acquire AI chip companies as part of an effort to reduce its reliance on Nvidia for demanding AI workloads, according to The information. Apple currently handles some AI processing in its own data centers using its own chips, but relies on Nvidia hardware hosted in Google Cloud for more demanding tasks,…
Apple has held meetings with PrismML about how it could use the startup’s technology to run much larger AI models directly on iPhones, according to The information. The report states that PrismML successfully minified Alibaba’s large open source language model, Qwen 3.6, to fully work on an iPhone 17 Pro. The model has 27 billion…
Apple will rely on Google’s fleet of Nvidia chips to power its revised version of Siri when it launches in September, according to a new report from The information. Last week, the outlet reported that Apple plans to highlight the AI capabilities of its devices at WWDC next week, but queries requiring cloud-based processing will…
Apple reportedly plans to use next month’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) to highlight its on-device AI capabilities as a competitive advantage, drawing on 15 years of custom silicon expertise to make the case for running AI models locally rather than in the cloud. People familiar with Apple’s plans speak to The information say the company…
Apple is looking for ways to better support apps that include AI agents and AI coding capabilities in the App Store, reports The information. Apple is designing a system that would maintain its security and privacy standards while allowing AI app functionality, but details on how the system would work are not available. Apple began…