Seeing this screenshot on Mastodon from Finn Voorhees, sounds like Apple doesn’t want big companies to use private cloud compute. Which means it probably won’t even work with Mac apps like mine that are distributed outside the App Store. Apple’s going to lock this down.

9to5Mac confirming what I thought I heard during the keynote: 8 GB devices are out for on-device AI. I think it’s the right call… Apple’s old models were just too small. But it’s weird that my pretty expensive iPhone 16 Pro Max can’t run local AI.

Expanding Apple Foundation Models to support image inputs and running in private cloud compute is a huge upgrade. The old models really weren’t capable enough for me, which is why I’m experimenting with bundling Gemma 4 directly in the Micro.blog app.

I feel bad saying this for all the Apple employees who dedicated so many hours preparing for WWDC, but I lose interest after an hour. Perfect keynote length would be about 70 minutes, not 100.

Apple didn’t try to take on too much with Siri AI. Only features they could actually ship. It looks good, but long term I still think using apps is the wrong strategy for assistants, because they can’t work well across platforms. It’ll work for now, and for privacy some people will prefer it.

I like in these Siri AI demos that they are doing things “live” (though recorded). It’s not fast, but it seems much more clearly actually working without edits.

A little surprised Apple is spending so much time in the keynote on safety for kids. It’s good, though! Thinking it helps set the stage for all the age-related laws from states, and we’ll return to safety and privacy during the Siri section later.

Coffee this morning at Voltaire in San Jose. For a moment, I considered walking back to the hotel with my laptop cracked open to let AI finish what it was working on… That would be too perfectly Silicon Valley. ☕️

Even though I tell myself I’m getting old and jaded, with more complaints about Apple than hopes, it’s an hour before the keynote and I’m excited. Most of us are developers because we believe in what might be possible through technology.