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A WWDC26 session... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/wwdc26-integrate-on-device-ai-models-into-your-app-using-core-ai-apple-g41mngnkh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/G41MngnKh.png og:image:alt: WWDC26: Integrate on-device AI models into your app using Core AI | Apple og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # WWDC26: Integrate on-device AI models into your app using Core AI | Apple **[Apple Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/appledeveloper)** · 23 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Apple's Core AI framework enables on-device AI by integrating vision-transformer and large language models directly into iOS and macOS apps. A WWDC26 session walks through building a language-learning app that uses SAM 3 for image segmentation and Qwen LLM for multilingual vocab card generation — all running locally with no cloud dependency. Key topics include model discovery on HuggingFace/GitHub, converting models to .aimodel format, using the Core AI Models Swift package for pre/post-processing abstraction, the FoundationModels API with custom model injection, ahead-of-time compilation via coreai-build to reduce specialization time, Background Assets for on-demand model downloads, and scaling to macOS with larger model variants for batch processing and curriculum generation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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