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Apr 14, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Device‑Side Real‑Time Multimodal AI: Deep Dive into Two Open‑Source Projects

This article examines two open‑source projects—Parlor for on‑device multimodal inference and Gemma Tuner Multimodal for Apple Silicon fine‑tuning—detailing their architectures, privacy and cost benefits, performance on Apple M3 Pro, hands‑free VAD, streaming TTS, multilingual support, setup steps, and current limitations.