Don’t hold your breath for OpenAI’s new model to run on your phone’s Snapdragon chip

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The new OpenAI model can now run directly on some devices with Snapdragon chips.It’s the first time an OpenAI reasoning model has been made available for on-device use.This could mean faster, more private AI features on your phone, just not yet.When you use an AI model like ChatGPT, it runs in the cloud rather than on your phone or laptop, but Qualcomm seems eager to change that. The company has announced that OpenAI’s first open-source reasoning model, with the less-than-catchy name “gpt-oss-20b,” is now capable of running directly on Snapdragon-powered devices.In a press release, Qualcomm says this is the first time OpenAI has made one of its models available for on-device use. Previously, the company’s most advanced models could only run on powerful cloud infrastructure, but with help from Qualcomm’s AI Engine and AI Stack, this 20-billion-parameter model has been tested locally. However, that doesn’t mean your phone is ready for it.