Apple has bought a French firm to help get AI processing on the iPhone
by AppleInsider
AppleInsider— Apple has quietly acquired another AI firm involved in reducing the size of Large Language Modules for the iPhone, this time Paris-based Datakaleb. Before moving to AI compression, Datakaleb worked extensively in AI-based image analysis Following news that Apple secretly bought the Canadian AI firm DarwinAI at the start of 2024, it has now been revealed that shortly before then, it acquired a Parisian company. French publication Challenges says it bought Datakaleb in December 2023. ...
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