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APPLE'S ‘MINIONS' TECH TURNS IDLE MACS INTO AN AI DATA CENTER

computerworld.com5 min read

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Apple's internal Minions system pools spare processing capacity across Macs to run AI inference jobs, returning interrupted tasks to a queue when a device becomes unavailable. It suggests another use for existing employee hardware, but this remains an internal Apple technology, not a publicly available product or an announced enterprise service.