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Apple announced its third generation of Apple Foundation Models (AFM) during the WWDC26 keynote.
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Who
Apple, Google, Nvidia
What
Apple announced its third generation of Apple Foundation Models (AFM) during the WWDC26 keynote.
When
Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:27:00 GMT · 3h 18m ago
Where
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Why
Apple struggled to get its AI aspirations off the ground, so it partnered with Google to use Gemini as the backbone of its new AI efforts.
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How this affects you
Apple's new third-generation Foundation Models include a mix of on-device and cloud-based AI, with one model running on Nvidia chips in Google Cloud. This partnership represents a shift in Apple's strategy for its AI development and privacy-focused Private Cloud Compute architecture.
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