Local AI Gets Serious on the M5 Ultra Mac Studio

This week on AppStories, John interviews Federico about his review of the M5 Ultra Mac Studio and it local AI capabilities.

On AppStories+, Federico takes listeners behind the scenes on how he tested the M5 Ultra Mac Studio.

Also available on YouTube here.

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