Combining Machine Learning and Homomorphic Encryption in the Apple Ecosystem
At Apple, we believe privacy is a fundamental human right. Our work to protect user privacy is informed by a set of privacy principles, and one of those principles is to prioritize using on-device processing. By performing computations locally on a user’s device, we help minimize the amount of data that is shared with Apple or other entities. Of course, a user may request on-device experiences powered by machine learning (ML) that can be enriched by looking up global knowledge hosted on servers. To uphold our commitment to privacy while delivering these experiences, we have implemented a…
At Apple, we believe privacy is a fundamental human right. And we believe in giving our users a great experience while protecting their privacy. For years, we’ve used techniques like differential privacy as part of our opt-in device analytics program. This lets us gain insights into how our products are…
At Apple, we believe privacy is a fundamental human right. It’s also one of our core values, influencing both our research and the design of Apple’s products and services. Understanding how people use their devices often helps in improving the user experience. However, accessing the data that provides such insights…
With Apple Intelligence, we're integrating powerful generative AI right into the apps and experiences people use every day, all while protecting their privacy. At the 2025 Worldwide Developers Conference we introduced a new generation of language foundation models specifically developed to enhance the Apple Intelligence features in our latest software…