Apple is in talks with a startup that squeezes powerful AI models onto an iPhone

PrismML says it compressed a 27-billion-parameter model from 54GB to under 4GB, letting it run on an iPhone 15 or newer

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Apple $AAPL is in early talks with PrismML, a startup that compresses large AI models to run on smartphones, PrismML CEO Babak Hassibi told CNBC. Hassibi described the discussions as preliminary and said it remains unclear where they will lead, but that "things are progressing nicely."

PrismML released its Bonsai 27B model on Tuesday, which the company said reduces a 27.8-billion-parameter model from roughly 54GB to as little as 3.9GB by storing each model weight as one or three possible values rather........

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