AI without the cloud: This language model now fits on your iPhone

[Redaktion]

The U.S. startup PrismML has released Bonsai 27B, an extremely compressed AI model based on Alibaba's Qwen3.6. The smallest version takes up just 3.9 GB, making it the first to fit on an iPhone 17 Pro. Apple is already testing the technology. Here's how the model performs on the phone, how it affects battery life, and what its limitations are.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/AI-without-the-cloud-This-language-model-now-fits-on-your-iPhone.1345243.0.html

[correction]

t's based on Alibaba's open-source Qwen3.6 27B

It's open-weight, not open-source. Similar to what would be a freeware .exe file. There are also open-source AI models.