Foundation Models framework

kermatt 175 points 25 comments November 12, 2026
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imagetic

Why is this up front on HN? Did it get an update?

albertgoeswoof

I’ve been using these in my terminal for correcting errors and suggesting commands https://github.com/paul-oms/prompt Surprisingly capable on an m1 8gb (in my opinion this is the smallest machine that local ai needs to run on)

amelius

I'll ask my LLM to build me a framework, thank you.

dvdplm

Can the local model code at all? Eg as the predictor in Zed?

mcemilg

I just realized that claude has also support App Attest for months [1]. Not sure if that is being used widely. Firebase was the most practicle option to call llms directly from ios apps without having fancy setups. I am surprised Anthropic not promoting this more. [1] https://github.com/anthropics/ClaudeForFoundationModels#auth...

tasoeur

Curious if it’s possible to use a non-API plan for Claude/ChatGPT with this? It could actually be pretty useful.

_pdp_

I have been using Foundation Models in Noodle for a while and have liked working with it. One part I have not explored yet is Apple Private Cloud Compute but it is on my list. I think I need special entitlements that are only available to Siri desktop app for now - need to check. This is the repo if you are interested https://github.com/pdparchitect/noodle

btown

> For those just getting started, developers who are enrolled in the App Store Small Business Program and have fewer than two million first-time App Store downloads can access the Apple Foundation Models running on Private Cloud Compute with no cloud API cost.* https://developer.apple.com/private-cloud-compute/ > Where Apple Intelligence is available, eligible developers can use PCC in their apps distributed on the App Store, and test PCC features via TestFlight or ad hoc distribution. Installs during testing are not counted as first-time app downloads. Is this free tokens? This sounds like free tokens?

okaymac

Siri AI is very clever

okaymac

Siri AI is too clever!!!!!

cj00

I actually think their CoreAI stuff is kind of flying under the radar. But they've got a repo at https://github.com/apple/coreai-models where they're adapting a ton of open weight models to their format to run natively with Swift.

SwtCyber

We've reached the point where Apple is offering a unified abstraction over competing AI providers. Somewhere, a developer is already figuring out which provider-specific feature breaks the abstraction first.

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