AI tools typically require access to cloud computing to have enough power to function, but your future use of AI may end up needing no more than what's available on your device if Qualcomm has its way. The tech giant has introduced a new system called Qualcomm AI Orchestrator aimed at integrating AI tools and experiences and maintaining the process on your devices.
Qualcomm AI Orchestrator incorporates all your AI usage, including what you do on your computer, mobile device, and even in your car. The orchestrator takes personal preferences and the surrounding context into account when running to take full advantage of what various accessible AI applications and services can offer.
It is the individual adaptation aspect that stands out as the greatest attraction of AI Orchestrator. AI uses information on your device about your contacts, where you regularly travel, what you do in a day, and even your preferred apps to personalize the experience and create a personal knowledge graph. For example, if you have an app that you rely on to reserve seats at a restaurant, AI Orchestrator will use that app when recommending places to go and reserve a time if you request it. It's a more proactive approach than the standard query and response system you may be familiar with when performing text or voice searches.
The entire process is faster and safer because the AI runs on the device. That means you can store personal information without worrying about it being stolen or shared from a cloud server by malicious actors. It also makes the AI respond to you faster, even when it consumes more power for multimodal interactions with voice and visuals.
Orchestrated life
“Imagine a scenario where you start your day with a ton of notifications on your phone,” Qualcomm described in a blog post. “You don't have time to read them until lunchtime, so instead of reading all the notifications yourself, your generative AI assistant automatically creates a summary of notifications and can select the important ones.”
The Qualcomm AI Orchestrator is essentially the director “orchestrator” of AI instruments, not just within a device but across multiple interfaces. So the AI that uses your phone to set up your dinner reservation is also linked to your car's navigation and the calendar on your home computer so you can arrive at the restaurant and get an alert that you're not responding to emails on that moment. time.
In some ways, this sounds a lot like the personal intelligence and contextual relevance that Apple Intelligence will bring to Siri in the coming months. The difference is that Apple Intelligence only supports certain iPhones, Macs, and iPads. Qualcomm AI Orchestrator could end up on all kinds of devices running the latest Qualcomm chips.
Qualcomm hopes to further expand the orchestrator as AI tools continue to evolve. It can end up helping you run your smart home devices and even take over phone calls with customer service agents that you don't want to make. Even if Qualcomm's dream of redefining how we interact with AI is unlikely to come true anytime soon, the concept of interconnected but on-device AI processing could prove popular enough for others to follow suit. from Qualcomm in its next line of AI products.
