THE BODY
SECTION 05
ISSUE 001
Apple Opens Its On-Device Model Runtime
Observed now: Apple’s AFM 3 family includes private on-device models, and its current Foundation Models framework exposes local model interfaces to developers; Google DeepMind separately demonstrates a VLA running on robotic devices. These current surfaces establish local model runtimes without proving universal offline support across consumer operating systems.
Why this idea is here
What the evidence establishes.
Apple documents AFM 3 on-device models and June 2026 Foundation Models framework interfaces; Google DeepMind documents a VLA running locally on robotic devices. Together they establish current local runtimes, not universal offline support.
Source ledger
Read the sources.
- S01Third-generation Apple Foundation Models
official model release / published 2026-06-08 / retrieved 2026-07-10
- S02Gemini Robotics On-Device
official research release / published 2025-06-24 / retrieved 2026-07-09
- S03Foundation Models framework updates — June 2026
official current developer documentation / published 2026-06-01 / retrieved 2026-07-10