AnyLanguageModel 1.0: One Year of Local Models on Apple Platforms
A year and dozens of releases later, AnyLanguageModel 1.0 is out, along with swift-huggingface 1.0 and swift-xet 1.0.
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Key points
- Local and hosted inference each have their strengths, and both have a role in building this new generation of intelligent apps.
- The core idea of AnyLanguageModel remains the same:
- On OS 27, AnyLanguageModel also works with
- any model that conforms to Foundation Models' LanguageModel protocol,
Sources (1)
- [1]AnyLanguageModel 1.0: One Year of Local Models on Apple PlatformsHugging Face Blog · Oct 20, 12:00 AM
A year and dozens of releases later, AnyLanguageModel 1.0 is out, along with swift-huggingface 1.0 and swift-xet 1.0.
Local and hosted inference each have their strengths, and both have a role in building this new generation of intelligent apps.
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