Microsoft announced two related updates for Visual Studio: support for bringing your own model (BYOM) to Copilot Chat and general availability of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) client in the IDE.

Apple has now refreshed the Mac Studio twice since its introduction in 2022, so should you upgrade your unit and is an older model still worth buying? The new ‌Mac Studio‌'s main upgrade is its chip, ...

Apple on Tuesday announced new Mac Mini and Mac Studio models with updated chips and other improvements for artificial intelligence applications. The announcement shows how desktop computers have ...

Apple announced its first Mac Studio updates in nearly two years today, a few months after bringing the M4 and M4 Pro chips to the Mac mini. As before, Apple offers a lower-end and a higher-end ...

Along with a new default model, a new Consumptions panel in the IDE helps developers monitor their usage of the various models, paired with UI to help easily switch among models. GitHub Copilot in ...

LM Studio has always been a great way to use local models on the Mac. Its Model Search tool lets users easily check which available models are best suited to their Mac’s specs, and the app has been ...

Apple said the new machines use neural engines specifically designed to accelerate machine learning tasks and a unified memory system that allows different parts of the processor to access the same ...

VS Code can use LLM models other than GitHub Copilot’s built-in providers for AI-assisted development, including local and offline models, but with some limits. Microsoft has been pushing hard to make ...