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Developers debate whether AI should run on-device or in the cloud
Original: 🤖 Will the AI compute crunch be solved on-device or in data centers? I build iOS apps and I'm pushing as much as possibl
A debate is under way among developers and AI watchers over whether the growing demand for AI compute will be met on personal devices or in data centers. One iOS developer says they push as much processing on-device as possible for privacy and cost reasons, noting Apple is betting on the same approach. Others point out that frontier models keep growing larger, favoring cloud infrastructure.
Why now: Ongoing industry tension between Apple's on-device AI strategy and the scale of frontier cloud models
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- 🤖 Will the AI compute crunch be solved on-device or in data centers? I build iOS apps and I'm pushing as much as possible on-device for privacy and cost. Apple's clearly betting that way too. But frontier models keep getting bigger. Curious where people think the sp... 📰… · feed@igeek.gamer-geek-news.com · 2
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