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LanguageModelSession always returns very lengthy responses
No matter what, the LanguageModelSession always returns very lengthy / verbose responses. I set the maximumResponseTokens option to various small numbers but it doesn't appear to have any effect. I've even used this instructions format to keep responses between 3-8 words but it returns multiple paragraphs. Is there a way to manage LLM response length? Thanks.
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Sep ’25
Broken compatibility in tensorflow-metal with tensorflow 2.18
Issue type: Bug TensorFlow metal version: 1.1.1 TensorFlow version: 2.18 OS platform and distribution: MacOS 15.2 Python version: 3.11.11 GPU model and memory: Apple M2 Max GPU 38-cores Standalone code to reproduce the issue: import tensorflow as tf if __name__ == '__main__': gpus = tf.config.experimental.list_physical_devices('GPU') print(gpus) Current behavior Apple silicone GPU with tensorflow-metal==1.1.0 and python 3.11 works fine with tensorboard==2.17.0 This is normal output: /Users/mspanchenko/anaconda3/envs/cryptoNN_ml_core/bin/python /Users/mspanchenko/VSCode/cryptoNN/ml/core_second_window/test_tensorflow_gpus.py [PhysicalDevice(name='/physical_device:GPU:0', device_type='GPU')] Process finished with exit code 0 But if I upgrade tensorflow to 2.18 I'll have error: /Users/mspanchenko/anaconda3/envs/cryptoNN_ml_core/bin/python /Users/mspanchenko/VSCode/cryptoNN/ml/core_second_window/test_tensorflow_gpus.py Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/mspanchenko/VSCode/cryptoNN/ml/core_second_window/test_tensorflow_gpus.py", line 1, in <module> import tensorflow as tf File "/Users/mspanchenko/anaconda3/envs/cryptoNN_ml_core/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tensorflow/__init__.py", line 437, in <module> _ll.load_library(_plugin_dir) File "/Users/mspanchenko/anaconda3/envs/cryptoNN_ml_core/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tensorflow/python/framework/load_library.py", line 151, in load_library py_tf.TF_LoadLibrary(lib) tensorflow.python.framework.errors_impl.NotFoundError: dlopen(/Users/mspanchenko/anaconda3/envs/cryptoNN_ml_core/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tensorflow-plugins/libmetal_plugin.dylib, 0x0006): Symbol not found: __ZN3tsl8internal10LogMessageC1EPKcii Referenced from: <D2EF42E3-3A7F-39DD-9982-FB6BCDC2853C> /Users/mspanchenko/anaconda3/envs/cryptoNN_ml_core/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tensorflow-plugins/libmetal_plugin.dylib Expected in: <2814A58E-D752-317B-8040-131217E2F9AA> /Users/mspanchenko/anaconda3/envs/cryptoNN_ml_core/lib/python3.11/site-packages/tensorflow/python/_pywrap_tensorflow_internal.so Process finished with exit code 1
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Feb ’25
Crash inside of Vision predictWithCVPixelBuffer - Crashed: com.apple.VN.detectorSyncTasksQueue.VNCoreMLTransformer
Hello, We have been encountering a persistent crash in our application, which is deployed exclusively on iPad devices. The crash occurs in the following code block: let requestHandler = ImageRequestHandler(paddedImage) var request = CoreMLRequest(model: model) request.cropAndScaleAction = .scaleToFit let results = try await requestHandler.perform(request) The client using this code is wrapped inside an actor, following Swift concurrency principles. The issue has been consistently reproduced across multiple iPadOS versions, including: iPad OS - 18.4.0 iPad OS - 18.4.1 iPad OS - 18.5.0 This is the crash log - Crashed: com.apple.VN.detectorSyncTasksQueue.VNCoreMLTransformer 0 libobjc.A.dylib 0x7b98 objc_retain + 16 1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x7b98 objc_retain_x0 + 16 2 libobjc.A.dylib 0xbf18 objc_getProperty + 100 3 Vision 0x326300 -[VNCoreMLModel predictWithCVPixelBuffer:options:error:] + 148 4 Vision 0x3273b0 -[VNCoreMLTransformer processRegionOfInterest:croppedPixelBuffer:options:qosClass:warningRecorder:error:progressHandler:] + 748 5 Vision 0x2ccdcc __119-[VNDetector internalProcessUsingQualityOfServiceClass:options:regionOfInterest:warningRecorder:error:progressHandler:]_block_invoke_5 + 132 6 Vision 0x14600 VNExecuteBlock + 80 7 Vision 0x14580 __76+[VNDetector runSuccessReportingBlockSynchronously:detector:qosClass:error:]_block_invoke + 56 8 libdispatch.dylib 0x6c98 _dispatch_block_sync_invoke + 240 9 libdispatch.dylib 0x1b584 _dispatch_client_callout + 16 10 libdispatch.dylib 0x11728 _dispatch_lane_barrier_sync_invoke_and_complete + 56 11 libdispatch.dylib 0x7fac _dispatch_sync_block_with_privdata + 452 12 Vision 0x14110 -[VNControlledCapacityTasksQueue dispatchSyncByPreservingQueueCapacity:] + 60 13 Vision 0x13ffc +[VNDetector runSuccessReportingBlockSynchronously:detector:qosClass:error:] + 324 14 Vision 0x2ccc80 __119-[VNDetector internalProcessUsingQualityOfServiceClass:options:regionOfInterest:warningRecorder:error:progressHandler:]_block_invoke_4 + 336 15 Vision 0x14600 VNExecuteBlock + 80 16 Vision 0x2cc98c __119-[VNDetector internalProcessUsingQualityOfServiceClass:options:regionOfInterest:warningRecorder:error:progressHandler:]_block_invoke_3 + 256 17 libdispatch.dylib 0x1b584 _dispatch_client_callout + 16 18 libdispatch.dylib 0x6ab0 _dispatch_block_invoke_direct + 284 19 Vision 0x2cc454 -[VNDetector internalProcessUsingQualityOfServiceClass:options:regionOfInterest:warningRecorder:error:progressHandler:] + 632 20 Vision 0x2cd14c __111-[VNDetector processUsingQualityOfServiceClass:options:regionOfInterest:warningRecorder:error:progressHandler:]_block_invoke + 124 21 Vision 0x14600 VNExecuteBlock + 80 22 Vision 0x2ccfbc -[VNDetector processUsingQualityOfServiceClass:options:regionOfInterest:warningRecorder:error:progressHandler:] + 340 23 Vision 0x125410 __swift_memcpy112_8 + 4852 24 libswift_Concurrency.dylib 0x5c134 swift::runJobInEstablishedExecutorContext(swift::Job*) + 292 25 libswift_Concurrency.dylib 0x5d5c8 swift_job_runImpl(swift::Job*, swift::SerialExecutorRef) + 156 26 libdispatch.dylib 0x13db0 _dispatch_root_queue_drain + 364 27 libdispatch.dylib 0x1454c _dispatch_worker_thread2 + 156 28 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0x9d0 _pthread_wqthread + 232 29 libsystem_pthread.dylib 0xaac start_wqthread + 8 We found an issue similar to us - https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/770771. But the crash logs are quite different, we believe this warrants further investigation to better understand the root cause and potential mitigation strategies. Please let us know if any additional information would help diagnose this issue.
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Jul ’25
InferenceError with Apple Foundation Model – Context Length Exceeded on macOS 26.0 Beta
Hello Team, I'm currently working on a proof of concept using Apple's Foundation Model for a RAG-based chat system on my MacBook Pro with the M1 Max chip. Environment details: macOS: 26.0 Beta Xcode: 26.0 beta 2 (17A5241o) Target platform: iPad (as the iPhone simulator does not support Foundation models) While testing, even with very small input prompts to the LLM, I intermittently encounter the following error: InferenceError::inference-Failed::Failed to run inference: Context length of 4096 was exceeded during singleExtend. Has anyone else experienced this issue? Are there known limitations or workarounds for context length handling in this setup? Any insights would be appreciated. Thank you!
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Jul ’25
CoreML MLModelErrorModelDecryption error
Somehow I'm not able to decrypt our ml models on my machine. It does not matter: If I clean the build / delete the build folder If it's a local build or a build downloaded from our build server I log in as a different user I reboot my system (15.4.1 (24E263) I use a different network Re-generate the encryption keys. I'm the only one in my team confronted with this issue. Using the encrypted models works fine for everyone else. As soon as our application tries to load the bundled ml model the following error is logged and returned: Could not create persistent key blob for CD49E04F-1A42-4FBE-BFC1-2576B89EC233 : error=Error Domain=com.apple.CoreML Code=9 "Failed to generate key request for CD49E04F-1A42-4FBE-BFC1-2576B89EC233 with error: -42908" Error code 9 points to a decryption issue, but offers no useful pointers and suggests that some sort of network request needs to be made in order to decrypt our models. /*! Core ML throws/returns this error when the framework encounters an error in the model decryption subsystem. The typical cause for this error is in the key server configuration and the client application cannot do much about it. For example, a model loading method will throw/return the error when it uses incorrect model decryption key. */ MLModelErrorModelDecryption API_AVAILABLE(macos(11.0), ios(14.0), watchos(7.0), tvos(14.0)) = 9, I could not find a reference to error '-42908' anywhere. ChatGPT just lied to me, as usual... How do can I resolve this or diagnose this further? Thanks.
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May ’25
Cannot find type ToolOutput in scope
My sample app has been working with the following code: func call(arguments: Arguments) async throws -&gt; ToolOutput { var temp:Int switch arguments.city { case .singapore: temp = Int.random(in: 30..&lt;40) case .china: temp = Int.random(in: 10..&lt;30) } let content = GeneratedContent(temp) let output = ToolOutput(content) return output } However in 26 beta 5, ToolOutput no longer available, please advice what has changed.
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Aug ’25
lldb issues with Vision
HI, I've been modifying the Camera sample app found here: https://developer.apple.com/tutorials/sample-apps/capturingphotos-camerapreview ... in the processpreview images, I am calling in to the Vision APis to either detect a person or object, then I'm using the segmentation mask to extract the person and composite them onto a different background with some other filters. I am using coreimage to filter the CIImages, and converting and displaying as a SwiftUI Image. When running on my IPhone, it works fine. When running on my Iphone with the debugger, it crashes within a few seconds... Attached is a screenshot. At the top is an EXC_BAD_ACCESS in libRPAC.dylib`std::__1::__hash_table<std::__1::__hash_value_type<long, qos_info_t>, std::__1::__unordered_map_hasher<long, std::__1::__hash_value_type<long, qos_info_t>, std::__1::hash, std::__1::equal_to, true>, std::__1::__unordered_map_equal<long, std::__1::__hash_value_type<long, qos_info_t>, std::__1::equal_to, std::__1::hash, true>, std::__1::allocator<std::__1::__hash_value_type<long, qos_info_t>>>::__emplace_unique_key_args<long, std::__1::piecewise_construct_t const&, std::__1::tuple<long const&>, std::__1::tuple<>>: This was working fine a couple of days ago.. Not sure why it's popping up now. Am I correct in interpreting this as an LLDB issue? How do I fix it?
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May ’25
NLModel won't initialize in MessageFilterExtension
i'm trying to create an NLModel within a MessageFilterExtension handler. The code works fine in the main app, but when I try to use it in the extension it fails to initialize. Just this doesn't even work and gets the error below. Single line that fails. SMS_Classifier is the class xcode generated for my model. This line works fine in the main app. let mlModel = try SMS_Classifier(configuration: MLModelConfiguration()).model Error Unable to locate Asset for contextual word embedding model for local en. MLModelAsset: load failed with error Error Domain=com.apple.CoreML Code=0 "initialization of text classifier model with model data failed" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=initialization of text classifier model with model data failed} Any ideas?
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Jan ’25
Is there an API to check if a Core ML compiled model is already cached?
Hello Apple Developer Community, I'm investigating Core ML model loading behavior and noticed that even when the compiled model path remains unchanged after an APP update, the first run still triggers an "uncached load" process. This seems to impact user experience with unnecessary delays. Question: Does Core ML provide any public API to check whether a compiled model (from a specific .mlmodelc path) is already cached in the system? If such API exists, we'd like to use it for pre-loading decision logic - only perform background pre-load when the model isn't cached. Has anyone encountered similar scenarios or found official solutions? Any insights would be greatly appreciated!
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May ’25
Ways I can leverage AI when the user asks Siri, "What does this word mean"
I'm the creator of an app that helps users learn Arabic. Inside of the app users can save words, engage in lessons specific to certain grammar concepts etc. I'm looking for a way for Siri to 'suggest' my app when the user asks to define any Arabic words. There are other questions that I would like for Siri to suggest my app for, but I figure that's a good start. What framework am I looking for here? I think AppItents? I remember I played with it for a bit last year but didn't get far. Any suggestions would be great. Would the new Foundations model be any help here?
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Jun ’25
Metal GPU Work Won't Stop
Is there any way to stop GPU work running that is scheduled using metal? Long shader calculations don't stop when application is stopped in Xcode and continue to take up GPU time and affect the display. Why is this functionality not available when Swift Tasks are able to be canceled?
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Feb ’25
Can't apply compression techniques on my CoreML Object Detection model.
import coremltools as ct from coremltools.models.neural_network import quantization_utils # load full precision model model_fp32 = ct.models.MLModel(modelPath) model_fp16 = quantization_utils.quantize_weights(model_fp32, nbits=16) model_fp16.save("reduced-model.mlmodel") I'm testing it with the model from one of Apple's source codes(GameBoardDetector), and it works fine, reduces the model size by half. But there are several problems with my model(trained on CreateML app using Full Network): Quantizing to float 16 does not work(new file gets created with reduced only 0.1mb). Quantizing to below 16 values cause errors, and no file gets created. Here are additional metadata and precisions of models. Working model's additional metadata and precision: Mine's additional metadata and precision:
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Jan ’25
Using the Apple Neural Engine for MLTensor operations
Based on the documentation, it appears that MLTensor can be used to perform tensor operations using the ANE (Apple Neural Engine) by wrapping the tensor operations with withMLTensorComputePolicy with a MLComputePolicy initialized with MLComputeUnits.cpuAndNeuralEngine (it can also be initialized with MLComputeUnits.all to let the OS spread the load between the Neural Engine, GPU and CPU). However, when using the Instruments app, it appears that the tensor operations never get executed on the Neural Engine. It would be helpful if someone can guide me on the correct way to ensure that the Nerual Engine is used to perform the tensor operations (not as part of a CoreML model file). based on this example, I've created a simple code to try it: import Foundation import CoreML print("Starting...") let semaphore = DispatchSemaphore(value: 0) Task { await withMLTensorComputePolicy(.init(MLComputeUnits.cpuAndNeuralEngine)) { let v1 = MLTensor([1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0]) let v2 = MLTensor([5.0, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0]) let v3 = v1.matmul(v2) await v3.shapedArray(of: Float.self) // is 70.0 let m1 = MLTensor(shape: [2, 3], scalars: [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ], scalarType: Float.self) let m2 = MLTensor(shape: [3, 2], scalars: [ 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 ], scalarType: Float.self) let m3 = m1.matmul(m2) let result = await m3.shapedArray(of: Float.self) // is [[58, 64], [139, 154]] // Supports broadcasting let m4 = MLTensor(randomNormal: [3, 1, 1, 4], scalarType: Float.self) let m5 = MLTensor(randomNormal: [4, 2], scalarType: Float.self) let m6 = m4.matmul(m5) print("Done") return result; } semaphore.signal() } semaphore.wait() Here's what I get on the Instruments app: Notice how the Neural Engine line shows no usage. Ive run this test on an M1 Max MacBook Pro.
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Mar ’25
Create ML how to handle polygon annotations?
I have images, and I annotated with polygon, actually simple trapezoid, so 4 points. I have been trying and trying but can't get Create ML to work. I am trying Object Detection. I am not a real programmer so really would greatly appreciate some guidance to help to get this model created. I think I made a Detectron2 model, and tried to get that converted into a mlmodel I need for xcode but had troubles there also. thank you. { "annotation": "IMG_1803.JPG", "annotations": [ { "label": "court", "coordinates": { "x": [ 187, 3710, 2780, 929 ], "y": [ 1689, 1770, 478, 508 ] } } ] },
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Jan ’25