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Hugging Face hire signals MLX as the standard for local inference
◆ 65RelevanceOn a story from Hugging Face22h ago
This move consolidates the fragmented Apple Silicon ecosystem under Hugging Face, making MLX a safer bet for your local-first product roadmap. It suggests that the friction of optimizing models for Mac hardware will continue to decrease significantly.
Takeaways
- MLX is the clear winner for performance on Apple Silicon hardware.
- Hugging Face is now the primary steward for Apple-specific open-source tooling.
- Expect faster optimization of new models for Mac-based development workflows.
Read the original at huggingface.co
Jun Kim, oMLX creator and maintainer, joins Hugging Face to support the MLX community
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