Tag: Foundation Models

  • macOS 27 Ships a Foundation Model at the Command Line

    macOS 27 Ships a Foundation Model at the Command Line

    macOS 27 “Golden Gate” shipped on September 14, 2026, and with it a system binary at /usr/bin/fm — a command-line interface to Apple’s on-device foundation model, pre-installed, always available, and free of API keys, accounts, and per-token costs. Apple has shipped on-device models since 2024 and opened the Foundation Models framework to developers in 2025, […]

  • Apple Open-Sources Its Foundation Models Framework, Adds Claude and Gemini

    Apple Open-Sources Its Foundation Models Framework, Adds Claude and Gemini

    At WWDC 2026 on June 9, Apple announced it will open-source its Foundation Models framework — the on-device AI layer that powers Apple Intelligence — later this summer. Alongside the open-source pledge, Apple opened the framework to third-party models like Claude and Gemini, added image input, and made its newest cloud models free to small […]