Running AI models locally: privacy, speed, and the future of edge computing
Discover how AI is moving from the cloud to your devices—enabling faster, more private, and more accessible intelligence. This chapter will cover:
The advantages of running AI locally on phones, laptops, and edge devices.
How to fit large models into small devices.
Specialized chips that make on-device AI possible.
The ecosystem for deploying models on-device.
Understanding when to use on-device vs cloud AI.
How companies are using on-device AI today.
On-device intelligence means your personal data, conversations, and documents never need to leave your device. This is the future of privacy-preserving AI.
No internet? No problem. No money for APIs? No problem. On-device AI democratizes access to intelligence, making it available to billions more people.
This chapter is being developed to give you a comprehensive understanding of on-device AI—from the hardware to the software, and everything in between.