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A close-up of the OLMoE app on iPhone.
The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) released its first on-device AI app Tuesday morning, leveraging a version of its open-source OLMoE model that can run offline on Apple iOS devices, promising new levels of security and privacy.
“We see this as a foundational step towards the future of on-device functionality,” researchers with the Seattle-based AI nonprofit wrote in a post announcing the app. “As mobile devices continue to increase in power and performance, we hope that the OLMoE app can help researchers and developers keep up with the cutting edge.”
It’s part of a broader effort by Ai2 to make its research more accessible to a wider audience, demonstrating the value of open-source AI technologies in the process. Ai2 says OLMoE “will help researchers in studying how to make on-device models better, and enable developers to prototype new AI experiences.”
OLMoE on iPhone. (Ai2 Images)
The new app follows the widespread industry attention over the release of the open-source DeepSeek app two weeks ago, including apps for iOS and Android from the artificial intelligence company, based in China.
Ai2’s OLMoE was introduced in September 2024, developed by Ai2 and Contextual AI. It’s a smaller-scale model that uses a “mixture of experts” approach, in which problems are divided among smaller components called “experts” that work like a team of specialists, with only the most relevant experts called upon for each task.
The first version of the OLMoE app requires an iPhone 15 Pro or newer devices, or any M-series iPad, due to hardware limitations. Ai2 says it’s working on support for additional devices, including desktops and other versions of Apple phones. They say they may also consider an Android app in the future, depending on user interest.
