Arm: AI will turn smartphones into ‘proactive assistants’

Arm wants to upgrade the brains inside our devices. The chip designer — whose architectures power 99% of smartphones — envisions AI bringing a new wave of breakthroughs to our handsets. The company outlined this plan after the release of Llama 3.2 — Meta’s first open-source models that processes both images and text. Arm said the models run “seamlessly” on its compute platforms. The smaller, text-based LLMs — Llama 3.2 1B and 3B — are optimised for Arm-based mobile chips. Consequently, the models can deliver faster user experiences on smartphones. Processing more AI at the edge can also save energy and costs. These enhancements…

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