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STARTUPS · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

PrismML brings 1-bit 'Bonsai' tiny LLM to Qualcomm Snapdragon AR1 Gen1 smart-glass platform

At Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit, PrismML demonstrated a 1-bit version of its Bonsai tiny LLM tailored for vision-and-language tasks that can run locally on devices using the Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 platform; the smart-glasses-capable build is a 2-billion-parameter model but no consumer glasses running it have been announced. PrismML, founded by Caltech researchers and advised by UC Berkeley’s Ion Stoica, aims to enable open-weight on-device AI as an alternative to cloud-dependent proprietary models.

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COMPANIES · 1 SOURCE · TechCrunch AI

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Elite Extreme Gen 6 with on-device AI up to 30B MoE

Qualcomm unveiled two flagship smartphone chips — Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 — that emphasize on-device AI. Both include new sensing hubs that can run models up to ~200 million parameters (for always-on personalization), while the Extreme variant can run a 30-billion-parameter mixture-of-experts model locally; the chips also add camera, audio, and pro-video features (including APV codec) and are already slated for use in Motorola’s Signature 27.

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COMPANIES · 3 SOURCES · Google · WIRED AI · TechCrunch AI

Google launches Googlebook laptops for Gemini; pre-orders open

Google announced Googlebook, a new category of Android-based laptops engineered to work seamlessly with Android phones and Gemini Intelligence; pre-orders are now open for flagship models from Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP and Lenovo starting at $899. Devices include on-device NPUs rated over 45 TOPS, up to 2.8K OLED touchscreens, up to 14 hours battery life, AI features like Magic Pointer, Rambler and Create My Widget, the Antigravity agent development platform, and a Level 5 security-certified pKVM hypervisor for an isolated Linux environment.

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