Machine Learning Powers New iOS Developer Functionality -- ADTmag

Artificial intelligence (AI) breakthroughs continue to be infused in developer tooling, with a new machine learning framework for the upcoming iOS 12 being the latest example. At the ongoing 2018 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., the company introduced the new Core ML 2 framework, which can be used by developers in a variety of ways across a variety of applications on Apple's flagship mobile OS, available now in preview to members of the $100-per-year Apple Developer Program and later this month in a public beta and coming to all in a fall device software update. Apple said the framework allows for easy integration of machine learning models, helping developers build intelligent apps with a minimum of code. "In addition to supporting extensive deep learning with over 30 layer types, it also supports standard models such as tree ensembles, SVMs, and generalized linear models," Apple said. "Because it's built on top of low level technologies like Metal and Accelerate, Core ML seamlessly takes advantage of the CPU and GPU to provide maximum performance and efficiency. You can run machine learning models on the device so data doesn't need to leave the device to be analyzed."