Ferret: A Multimodal Large Language Model by Apple

Re:Ferret: A Multimodal Large Language Model by Apple by ben_w on Saturday December 23, 2023 @01:52PM (#38746889)

I'd be (pleasantly) surprised; look at how long it takes them to allow system apps to get replaced with downloadable 3rd party.

And even then, the activation keyword is likely to be whatever Apple says. Similar logic as 3rd party keyboards, don't want user input to get stuck on even merely potentially untrustworthy or buggy code.

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Re:Ferret: A Multimodal Large Language Model by Apple by spookthesunset on Saturday December 23, 2023 @02:01PM (#38747006)

Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t the activation word “special” in that it has to work in very low power states? I always assumed that is why the wake words are fixed, because said words need to “fit” within a very small power budget.

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Re:Ferret: A Multimodal Large Language Model by Apple by ben_w on Saturday December 23, 2023 @02:09PM (#38747084)

Could be — I've heard rumours along those lines, but none came with evidence.

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Re:Ferret: A Multimodal Large Language Model by Apple by skygazer on Saturday December 23, 2023 @02:59PM (#38747576)

https://machinelearning.apple.com/research/hey-siri (2017)

The rumors were true.

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Re:Ferret: A Multimodal Large Language Model by Apple by ben_w on Sunday December 24, 2023 @04:35PM (#38757092)

Thanks :)

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Re:Ferret: A Multimodal Large Language Model by Apple by darthrupert on Saturday December 23, 2023 @02:24PM (#38747236)

That's not due to incompetence; that's due to not seeing any reason to do it.

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Re:Ferret: A Multimodal Large Language Model by Apple by ben_w on Saturday December 23, 2023 @05:27PM (#38748916)

I was not intending to imply otherwise.

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