Apple Unleashes On-Device AI with Foundation Models Framework

Jun 09, 2025
TechCrunch
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Summary

Apple introduces Foundation Models framework, empowering developers to harness on-device AI models created by Apple, enabling offline AI-driven experiences with features like guided generation and tool calling, natively supported by Swift and accessible with minimal coding.

Key Points

  • Apple is launching the Foundation Models framework to allow developers to tap into its AI models in an offline, on-device fashion.
  • The framework will let apps use on-device AI models created by Apple to drive experiences, with features like guided generation and tool calling.
  • The Foundation Models framework has native support for Swift, Apple's programming language, and developers can access Apple Intelligence models with as few as three lines of code.

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