Apple almost open-sourced its AI models, here’s why it didn’t: report

Apple will reportedly open up its local AI models to third-party apps

Use the models Apple Intelligence uses.

Apple details how it trained its new AI models: 4 interesting highlights

Apple has published report detailing how its new AI models were trained, optimized, and evaluated. Here are a few interesting tidbits.

WWDC25: Apple’s Playing a Different Game - Creative Strategies

Before WWDC, Bloomberg said Apple’s AI efforts need to “catch up to leaders like OpenAI and Google.” This assumes Apple is running the same AI race as OpenAI and Google. Is it? And after WWDC, The Wall Street Journal declared that “Apple fails to clear a low bar on AI”. This implies a clear standard that Apple failed to

The Open Source AI Definition – 1.0

version 1.0 See FAQsSee list of endorsementsSee ChecklistEndorse the OSAID Preamble Why we need Open Source Artificial Intelligence (AI) Open Source has demonstrated that massive benefits accrue to…

6 months to live for open models

The most serious test to date of open source AI’s viability is happening right now.

From OSS to Open Source AI: an Exploratory Study of Collaborative...

AI development is embracing open-source paradigm, but the fundamental distinction between AI models and traditional software artifacts may lead to a divergent open-source development paradigm with...

Apple Has To Pull Its “AI” News Synopses Because They Were Routinely Full Of Shit

While “AI” (language learning models) certainly could help journalism, the fail upward brunchlords in charge of most modern media outlets instead see the technology as a way to cut corner…

For Most of the World, Open-Source AI Is the Only Way Forward

Proprietary AI is both too expensive and too centralized in control for most countries and companies to rely upon. 

Apple Updates Its On-Device and Cloud AI Models, Introduces a New Developer API

Apple revamped two vision-language models in a bid to catch up with fast-moving competitors.

Osaurus — Own Your AI on Apple Silicon

Own your AI: local-first agents with memory, tools, and identity on Apple Silicon. Offline, open source, and API-compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Ollama.

Osaurus — Own Your AI on Apple Silicon

Own your AI: local-first agents with memory, tools, and identity on Apple Silicon. Offline, open source, and API-compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Ollama.

AI agents can't yet do open-ended AI research

Early evidence from two case studies

The Arguments Against Open Source AI are Very Bad | Tom Bedor's Blog

The release of Kimi K3 has opened a fresh round of angst and confused discourse. There's a loud cohort of journalists, business leaders, and politicians arguing that open source AI is a dangerous threat. OpenAI's Dean Ball:

Protected by its moat, Apple has time to get AI right

Best of all, the hardware it sells today will run whatever Apple comes up with.

Unpacking Open Source Artificial Intelligence: Toward a Framework for Openness in Foundation Models

Openness has long driven innovation in software,9 and AI is no exception.12 While some see openness in foundation models (FMs) as a security threat,18 others argue that restricting access will not meaningfully reduce risk and will limit the benefits of transparency, research, and global participation.3 As the EU AI Act reporting requirements on FMs—also referred to as general-purpose AI models (GPAIMs)—move toward implementation, there is an urgent need for a more nuanced and informed understanding of openness in AI systems.