Apple bets cheaper AI will woo small developers
Apple announced that developers with fewer than 2 million first-time App Store downloads can use its Foundation Models in Private Cloud Compute at no cost, aiming to attract smaller developers by lowering AI infrastructure barriers.
Apple is hoping to draw in newer developers with lower AI infrastructure costs, the company announced during its developer keynote at its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday. The tech giant said that developers with fewer than 2 million first-time App Store downloads will be able to use its Foundation Models running in Private Cloud Compute, with no cloud API cost.
“It’s access to frontier-tier level intelligence with unparalleled privacy protections, because getting started exploring ideas shouldn’t be held back by infrastructure costs,” the presenter noted.