Introducing the Third Generation of Apple’s Foundation Models
A post on machinelearning.apple.com, published 9 September 2026, is cited by 12 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 11 October 2026).
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12blogs citing
| Period | Blogs | Links |
|---|---|---|
| All time | 12 | 15 |
| Last 90 days | 5 | 5 |
| Last 30 days | 3 | 3 |
| Last 7 days | 2 | 2 |
| First cited | 12 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|
| Latest citation | 10 Oct 2026 |
| Words blogs link it with | 5 |
| External links | 2 |
| Length | 2,708 |
2 this week (still settling) · peak 5
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| 8 Jun 2026 | 5 |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 1 |
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| 31 Aug 2026 | 1 |
| 7 Sept 2026 | 0 |
| 14 Sept 2026 | 0 |
| 21 Sept 2026 | 1 |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 0 (still settling) |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 2 (still settling) |
Shape: slow burn. Half of its 12 citing blogs had cited it after 213 days; 0% first cited it more than a year on.
Each blog counts once, in the week of its first citation. A blog added to the index recently can bring old first citations in at once.
Who cited it
Cited by 12 blogs across 2 subjects: technology 8, life 1, unclassified 3.
- Technology8
- Life1
- Unclassified3
Words blogs link it with
The words blogs link this page with, by how many different blogs use them.
- afm 3 cloud pro deployment on nvidia gpus in google cloud1 blog
- apple1 blog
- apple foundation models1 blog
- apple foundation models (afm)1 blog
- apple in their latest 20b on-device foundational model.1 blog
Cited by 12 blogs in 15 posts
One row per blog, the most recently citing first. Each shows the blog's newest citing post; open a row for the others.
linked as “Apple Introduces Third-Gen Foundation Models (AFM 3)”
Read at dentro.de (opens in a new tab)linked as “Apple Foundation Models (AFM)”
Read at setapp.com (opens in a new tab)linked as “details the five models”
Read at eclecticlight.co (opens in a new tab)linked as “third-generation on-device foundation model”
Read at janbosch.com (opens in a new tab)linked as “their whitepaper from June 2026”
Read at deterministic.space (opens in a new tab)linked as “most advanced”
Read at z1nz0l1n.com (opens in a new tab)linked as “Apple in their latest 20B on-device foundational model.”
Read at adlrocha.substack.com (opens in a new tab)linked as “five models this generation”
Read at ziraph.com (opens in a new tab)2 other posts
linked as ““on-device” Foundation Models”
Read at ziraph.com (opens in a new tab)linked as “third generation of Foundation Models”
Read at ziraph.com (opens in a new tab)linked as “uses”
Read at eshumarneedi.com (opens in a new tab)linked as “Apple Foundation Models”
Read at blogs.nvidia.com (opens in a new tab)linked as “AFM 3 Cloud Pro deployment on NVIDIA GPUs in Google Cloud”
Read at cupertinolens.com (opens in a new tab)1 other post
linked as “Apple says it worked with Google and NVIDIA to extend Private Cloud Compute to NVIDIA GPUs in Google…”
Read at cupertinolens.com (opens in a new tab)Links from this post
Elsewhere on machinelearning.apple.com (4)
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