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Ollama v0.40.9 can generate speech with Phonon on Apple Silicon, with audio streaming through an OpenAI-compatible /v1/audio/speech endpoint. The release also adds the d3 family of decision models in 2B, 4B, 9B, and 27B sizes and brings Flint to Linux and Windows.

Ollama released v0.32.1 on July 16, 2024, addressing a critical MLX model cache memory leak that increased memory usage across requests. The update also improves Gemma 4 tool calling reliability and adds authentication prompts for agent web search features.

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas revealed that the company's Mac-native Personal Computer platform has performed more than $2.8B in labor-equivalent work for Pro, Max, and Enterprise subscribers since launch. The announcement follows Apple CFO Kevan Parekh citing Perplexity as an example of developers building enterprise-grade AI assistants on Mac during Apple's Q2 2026 earnings call.