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Based on their presentations yesterday and accompanying written materials they have a pretty capable ~3B parameter Foundational LLM running fully locally on the devices which is the first line. https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/introducing-apple...

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Good news then that you’re explicitly asked for permission each time any query would by shared with ChatGPT.

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You can read what they have shared about the security aspects of the cloud portion of their AI offering here: https://security.apple.com/blog/private-cloud-compute/

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Can’t find a link right now (search terms are pretty crowded atm!) but I saw they just recently shared an llm they’ve been working on that is designed to answer questions about how a give screen of an app functions. (Identifying buttons, core functionality, etc.)

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I actually liked that they didn’t show any of the AI writing capabilities being used in iMessage but rather in email client for more professional contexts. I’m really curious to see if they make it available in iMessage…

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You can only go into so much detail in that format for that audience. I was happy that they simultaneously posted a much more technical deep dive: https://security.apple.com/blog/private-cloud-compute/

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The details of their approach: https://security.apple.com/blog/private-cloud-compute/

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Word on the street (someone who was talking to Apple employees at WWDC) is that the Vision Pro doesn’t have enough headroom on the processor for it. It’s driving that sucker really hard just doing its “regular” thing.

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If you want the details: https://security.apple.com/blog/private-cloud-compute/

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Before you write off their claims I encourage you to read more about the detailed specifics (if you have the technical footing and inclination to do so). While the approaches should certainly be probed and audited, it’s clearly more than performative. https://security.apple.com/blog/private-cloud-compute/

Also a good thread from Matthew Green, a privacy/cryptography wonk, on the subject: https://x.com/matthew_d_green/status/1800291897245835616?s=4...

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What do you mean by the “record”? It seems like you think this means Apple somehow has access and stores all that information in their cloud and we just have to hope/trust that they don’t decide they want to poke around in it?

You should look more into their security architecture if you’re curious about stuff like this. The way Secure Enclave, E2EE (including the Advanced Data Protection feature for all iCloud data), etc. The reality is that they use a huge range of privacy enhancing approaches to minimize what data has to leave your device and how it can be used. For example the biometrics you mention are never outside the Secure Enclave in the chip on your phone and nobody except you can access them unless they have your passcode. Things like running facial recognition on your photos library is handled locally on your device with no information going up to the cloud. FindMy is also architected in a fully E2E encrypted way.

You can browse their hundreds of pages of security and privacy documentation via the table of contents here to look up any specific service or functionality you want to know more about: https://support.apple.com/guide/security/welcome/web

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You can read the details of their approach for the privacy/security aspects of the cloud compute portion here. https://security.apple.com/blog/private-cloud-compute/

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Are you claiming Apple uses personal user data (e.g someone’s photos or texts) as training data for their server-side models? That’s a massive claim and there are some journalists you should definitely shoot a message to on signal if you have proof of that and aren’t just blowing smoke.

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