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On-device AI
AI that runs right on your phone or laptop instead of a distant server.
On-device AI means the model runs locally on your own hardware rather than in a company's data center. Because your data never has to leave your device, it can be more private and can work without an internet connection. The trade-off is that phones and laptops are smaller than data centers, so on-device models are usually lighter and less powerful.
For example
Your phone transcribing a voice note without sending the audio anywhere is on-device AI at work.