… With every new chip announcement, we hear about how the silicon has been optimized for AI—even Apple does this with its focus on Neural Engine upgrades. You may think from the grandiose language that smartphones are equipped to handle beefy AI models, but that’s not necessarily the case . …
Another day, another AI model from Google. This time, Google DeepMind has released a new member of the Gemma 4 open model family , but it’s fundamentally different from the rest of the lineup. DiffusionGemma doesn’t generate outputs linearly like most AI models. …
… For “more sophisticated” questions, your device will contact cloud-based models, again co-developed by Apple and Google: a general-use model called AFM 3 Cloud, an image-generation model called ADM 3 Cloud, and an advanced model called AFM 3 Cloud Pro for “agentic tool use and complex reasoning.” T… …
… This doesn’t mean you’ll always be able to tell if something is AI by looking for SynthID. Plenty of publicly available models continue to produce content with no AI watermarking, and there are open models that can be trained by anyone looking to create AI images and videos on their own terms. …
… As for the lower-end RTX Spark models, Nvidia didn’t have much to say, but we can glean some details. …
… This network would not replace the centralized data centers being built by hyperscaler companies such as Google and Microsoft for the intensive training of AI models, but would instead be more suitable for supporting cloud gaming , content streaming , and AI inference, in which trained models are a… …
… But the flagship RTX Spark PC may be from the same company that makes Windows: the new Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra is a high-end RTX Spark system that will offer up to 128GB of unified memory for “creators, developers, and AI builders.” Microsoft says the Laptop Ultra will be available “later th… …