WWDC26: Integrate on-device AI models into your app using Core AI | Apple
Apple's new Core AI framework lets developers run advanced AI models entirely on-device in their apps.
“With Core AI, you can build app experiences where user's data never leaves their device.”
Apple unveiled Core AI at WWDC26, a framework for integrating optimized on-device AI models (including open models like SAM 3 and Qwen) into apps with no cloud latency, per-token cost, or data leaving the device. It signals Apple's continued push toward privacy-centric edge AI and notably embraces converting popular open-source models via a dedicated Core AI Models repo, lowering the barrier for developers to ship local AI.