Learning to Use Local AI Is Exciting, Overwhelming, and Frustrating
The Verge AI · rss · 2026-10-11
The Verge's Antonio G. Di Benedetto kicks off a hands-on local AI series: wary of handing personal data to cloud services, he sets out to run powerful models on his own hardware and document the journey.
He frames the current state of local AI as exciting, overwhelming, and frustrating, and tackles the core consumer question: is it worth dumping big money into a computer loaded with overpriced RAM? The series will test Apple's pitch that its new Mac desktops are built for local AI, helping readers decide if the journey is worth taking.
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