Apple has acquired Silk Labs, a startup that specializes in artificial intelligence software that runs on-device, reports The Information.The acquisition, which hasn’t been reported before, occurred earlier this year, according to a person briefed on the transaction. The deal was likely a small one for Apple, as Silk Labs only had about a dozen employees and raised approximately $4 million in funding, according to PitchBook, a research firm that tracks startup financing. Apple and Silk Labs have spoken in the past of similar preferences for more privacy-friendly AI that runs locally on personal devices. AI that runs in the cloud, in contrast, can allow companies to collect large amounts of personal data.
Silk Labs says that by leveraging the latest advances in deep learning research it offers state-of-the-art image and audio recognition
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