<ul><li>Microsoft is introducing new APIs in its Edge browser that will allow web developers to utilize on-device AI models, including the Phi-4-mini model for tasks like text generation, summarizing, editing, and writing assistance tools.</li><li>These APIs are cross-platform and will work with the Edge browser on macOS as well.</li><li>Microsoft's Phi-4-mini model has 3.8 billion parameters and was rolled out in February, targeting smaller on-device AI needs.</li><li>The APIs are currently in an 'experimental' stage and can be tried out by developers in the Edge Canary and Dev channels before potential wider adoption as web standards.</li></ul>

Microsoft is opening its on-device AI models up to web apps in Edge

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