---
title: "Fine-Tuning Apple's New Foundation Model"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/fine-tuning-apple-s-new-foundation-model-1tifuvzlv
source_url: https://collisions.substack.com/p/fine-tuning-apples-new-foundation
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2025-06-29T04:18:10.700Z
updated: 2026-06-18T02:15:27.185Z
tags: ["apple-intelligence", "deep-learning", "ios", "local-ai", "machine-learning"]
reading_time: 7
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Fine-Tuning Apple's New Foundation Model

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Apple released a toolkit for fine-tuning its Foundation Model that powers Apple Intelligence features, allowing developers to customize the model's behavior for specific tasks. The author experimented with creating a Golden Gate Bridge-obsessed AI assistant by training an adapter with custom data. Key findings include the model's preference for short responses, the need for powerful hardware (32-64GB RAM Mac or cloud GPU), and the ability to modify behavior despite Apple's safety constraints. The toolkit uses adapter-based fine-tuning, requiring only 160MB downloads instead of full model weights.

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