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Question: whether Apple will publish a qualifying, Apple-developed absolute MMLU score higher than the current high-water mark (AFM Server 80.20, Apple Tech Report, 17 Jul 2025) by the 2026-08-12 cutoff. Forecasters agree the best anchor is Apple’s 80.20 AFM-Server disclosure and that Apple has a pattern of publishing absolute MMLU numbers in an Apple ML Research/tech-report several weeks after WWDC (WWDC26 is 8–12 Jun 2026), so a July/August follow-up report that could include updated scores is plausible. Most teams put the modal outcome as either no new qualifying disclosure (leaving 80.20) or a modest bump into the low–mid 80s (typical probabilities: ~25–35% no new numeric, ~55–70% some update overall, with central mass around 82–85). They uniformly flag eligibility rules: partner/licensed models (Anthropic/OpenAI) or relative-only claims would not count, and only explicit numeric “MMLU” disclosures qualify. Breakthroughs above 86% are considered possible but less likely (assigned roughly 8–20% by different models), while a resolution below 70% depends on strict adjudication of the “no new score” wording and is deemed unlikely. Recommended monitoring: Apple ML Research posts, WWDC26 session materials, Apple-authored arXiv/papers, and developer/newsroom documentation through Aug 12.
Forecast: Probability distribution:
Key fact across the stronger analyses (Forecasters 2 and 3): Apple has already publicly disclosed an MMLU score of 80.20% for an Apple-developed “server” foundation model in its 2025 Apple Intelligence foundation language models tech report (an eligible disclosure venue). If that model qualifies as “fully developed and trained by Apple” under the resolution criteria (which the report is presented as), then the resolved value is already at least 80.20% and cannot fall below the 70 lower bound.
Main remaining uncertainty is not performance in the abstract, but whether Apple publicly discloses (in an allowed venue, with an explicit numeric MMLU) a newer Apple-developed model exceeding 80.20% before 2026-08-12. The window is short (~3 months). WWDC and/or a mid-2026 tech report make an update plausible, but Apple could (a) disclose no new MMLU number, (b) disclose other benchmarks instead, or (c) rely more on partner models for some features (which would not qualify), leaving 80.20% as the maximum disclosed Apple-only MMLU.
I therefore put substantial mass near 80.20 (no new higher qualifying disclosure), with a moderate chance of an updated disclosed score in the low-to-mid 80s, and a small upper-tail chance that Apple discloses a surprisingly strong Apple-only model that exceeds the 86 upper bound before the deadline (represented by p95 > 86). Forecaster 1’s distribution appears to miss the already-disclosed 80.20% server model and so places too much probability below 70; I downweight it heavily.
An amateur forecast (and Forecaster 1) is likely to anchor on the background’s 67.85% on-device score and over-allocate probability to outcomes below 70 or in the low 70s. The key improvement here is correctly anchoring on the highest already-disclosed Apple MMLU (80.20% for the server model) and then modeling the incremental question: whether Apple discloses a higher numeric MMLU by 2026-08-12, under the “Apple-only” and “numeric MMLU” requirements. I’m moderately confident this is better-calibrated because it uses the max-over-time structure correctly and keeps uncertainty focused on disclosure likelihood/timing rather than assuming continuous performance gains will necessarily be published.
Forecast rationale (numeric):
— Iteration 1 — Overall, the reasoning centers on a few shared drivers:
Consensus: Apple is likely to improve on the current disclosed baseline, and the best public MMLU is most likely to land around the low 80s if a new score is reported.
Disagreement: The biggest spread is not on the likely “middle” outcome, but on:
— Iteration 2 — Across the forecasts, the core reasoning is highly aligned:
Primary anchor: Apple’s server-side model, not on-device models.
Both forecasts assume the highest publicly disclosed MMLU by the deadline would most likely come from Apple’s server foundation model or a near-term update, rather than a smaller on-device system.
Performance trend extrapolation from Apple’s internal benchmark.
The models use Apple’s previously described internal/server MMLU around the mid-70s (~75%) as a baseline, then project incremental improvement by mid-2026 into the high-70s to low-80s.
Uncertainty is dominated by disclosure risk, not just model quality.
A major driver is whether Apple will publicly release a clear absolute MMLU number at all by the deadline. If Apple does not, the forecast falls into a lower range due to the prompt’s fallback structure.
Asymmetric distribution with a meaningful low tail.
Both rationales include a substantial chance of no qualifying public disclosure, which pulls the lower tail below 70. This is treated as a real possibility, not a minor edge case.
Upside exists but is limited.
Both forecasts allow a smaller chance that Apple discloses a stronger updated model with results in the mid-to-high 80s or even low 90s, but this is treated as a tail outcome rather than the central expectation.
The collective view is that Apple’s best publicly disclosed MMLU by 2026-08-12 will most likely be a server-model result in the high 70s to low 80s, with the main uncertainty coming from whether Apple publishes a qualifying benchmark at all.
— Iteration 3 — The forecasts converge on a common structure:
Overall synthesis: The collective view is that Apple is most likely to reveal a new highest public MMLU score in the low 80s, with upside into the mid/high 80s, but with a meaningful possibility that no higher public score appears and the old 67.85% remains the maximum.
Question: What will be the highest publicly-disclosed MMLU score of any Apple-developed AI model by 2026-08-12? Final Prediction: Probability distribution:
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Forecaster 1: Probability distribution:
Forecaster 2: Probability distribution:
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The research outlines the current and projected performance of Apple-developed AI models in terms of their MMLU (Massive Multitask Language Understanding) scores, particularly focusing on the highest publicly-disclosed score expected by August 12, 2026. The established baseline is a score of 67.85%, achieved by an Apple on-device foundation model with approximately 3 billion parameters. Recent updates to Apple’s foundation model documentation reveal two models: an updated on-device model and a larger server model utilizing a Parallel-Track Mixture-of-Experts architecture. Benchmark comparisons indicate that the on-device model likely scores between 72-78% on MMLU, while the server model is estimated to score between 79-83%.
The research also discusses Apple’s conservative approach to disclosing benchmark scores and notes that the company has not participated in third-party MMLU leaderboards. Given Apple’s historical trajectory of improvement and the nature of their models, it is suggested that the highest score disclosed by Apple by the specified date will likely be from the server model, with a score in the 79-83% range. Future disclosures, such as new research papers or tech reports, could potentially influence this estimate, but significant increases beyond the low 80s appear unlikely without a new model release.
Sources used in the research include:
The established baseline from the question background is 67.85%, achieved by Apple’s on-device foundation model (~3B parameters) as disclosed in Apple’s 2025 Foundation Models tech report [14][19].
Apple has just published significant updates to its foundation model documentation:
These reports describe two models:
According to an AppleLeaker summary of Apple’s published benchmarks [18]:
These comparisons strongly suggest that Apple has published specific numeric MMLU scores in their benchmark tables (not just qualitative claims), which would satisfy the resolution criteria if confirmed.
Using known MMLU scores of the comparison models as anchors:
| Model | MMLU Score (approx.) |
|---|---|
| Qwen-2.5-3B | ~65-74% |
| Gemma-3-4B | ~70-75% |
| LLaMA 4 Scout | ~79-83% |
| GPT-4o | ~88% |
| GPT-5 | ~92.5% [15] |
| GLM-5 (current leader) | ~91.7% [13] |
On-device model estimate: If it outperforms Qwen-2.5-3B and Gemma-3-4B, the updated on-device model likely scores in the 72-78% range on MMLU — a meaningful improvement over 67.85%.
Server model estimate: If comparable to LLaMA 4 Scout, the server model’s MMLU score is likely in the 79-83% range.
The server model’s MMLU score would be the highest Apple-disclosed score, assuming Apple included specific numeric values in the tech report benchmark tables.
WWDC25 sessions have begun (the Foundation Models framework video was published May 7, 2026) [20]. However, the WWDC session focused on the developer framework and did not include specific MMLU scores [20]. Future WWDC sessions or Apple ML blog posts could provide additional disclosures before the August 12 deadline.
I found no prediction markets specifically addressing Apple’s MMLU scores. This limits the available crowd-sourced probability estimates for this question.
The most likely highest publicly-disclosed MMLU score for an Apple-developed model by August 12, 2026 is the server model score from Apple’s 2025 updated tech report, likely in the 79-83% range. The on-device model has also likely improved to the low-to-mid 70s. Whether additional disclosures (e.g., a next-generation model) push this higher before the deadline depends on Apple’s product and research roadmap, but given their conservative disclosure practices and focus on on-device efficiency over benchmark maximization, a score significantly above the low 80s seems unlikely without a major new model release.
The critic makes excellent points that I must accept:
The 80.20% MMLU score is already publicly disclosed - This is the most critical insight. The Apple 2025 Tech Report on machinelearning.apple.com explicitly states the AFM Server model scores 80.20% (uncompressed). This meets all resolution criteria.
My downside was far too heavy - Having the 10th percentile at 75% was wrong. With 80.20% already disclosed, the question essentially has a floor at that value unless there’s some unexpected technicality.
The question is largely “pre-resolved” - The remaining uncertainty is primarily whether Apple discloses something higher before August 12, 2026, not whether they’ll disclose a score at all.
Upside potential is real but limited - With ~3 months remaining and WWDC25 ongoing, there’s some chance Apple updates models or publishes additional research. However, given their annual disclosure cadence, this probability isn’t enormous.
Small downside still exists - There’s perhaps 2-3% probability that some technicality prevents the 80.20% from counting (e.g., if there’s ambiguity about “fully developed by Apple” or disclosure interpretation).
I’m tightening my distribution significantly around 80.20%, with:
Updated prediction:
Percentile 0.1: 67.9 Percentile 1: 68.0 Percentile 5: 79.5 Percentile 10: 80.0 Percentile 20: 80.1 Percentile 30: 80.15 Percentile 40: 80.18 Percentile 50: 80.2 Percentile 60: 80.3 Percentile 70: 80.6 Percentile 80: 81.2 Percentile 90: 83.0 Percentile 95: 84.5 Percentile 99: 87.0 Percentile 99.9: 89.5
The critic raises a crucial point about verification. Let me search for the actual content of Apple’s tech report to confirm whether specific numeric MMLU scores exist.
This is extremely valuable! The search results found the actual benchmark tables from Apple’s tech report. Let me extract the key findings:
From the Destiner blog summarizing Apple’s 2025 Tech Report, I found explicit numeric MMLU scores:
On-Device Model: | Model | MMLU | |——-|——| | AFM On-Device | 67.85 | | Qwen-2.5-3B | 66.37 | | Qwen-3-4B | 75.10 | | Gemma-3-4B | 62.81 |
Server Model: | Model | MMLU | |——-|——| | AFM Server | 80.20 | | LLaMA 4 Scout | 84.88 | | Qwen-3-235B | 87.52 | | GPT-4o | 85.70 |
Post-Optimization: | Model | MMLU | |——-|——| | AFM On-Device (16-bit) | 67.8 | | AFM On-Device Opt (2-bit) | 64.4 | | AFM Server (16-bit) | 80.0 | | AFM Server Opt (3.6-bit) | 79.2 |
This confirms:
The critic’s concern was valid - verification was needed. Now I can update my forecast with much more confidence around the 80% mark.
Key Uncertainties Remaining:
Revised Distribution:
Updated prediction: Percentile 0.1: 67.9 Percentile 1: 68.0 Percentile 5: 74.0 Percentile 10: 78.0 Percentile 20: 79.5 Percentile 30: 79.9 Percentile 40: 80.0 Percentile 50: 80.2 Percentile 60: 80.3 Percentile 70: 80.5 Percentile 80: 81.0 Percentile 90: 82.5 Percentile 95: 84.0 Percentile 99: 86.0 Percentile 99.9: 88.0
Looking at the critic’s research findings, I need to substantially revise my forecast. The critic has uncovered critical information that changes everything.
The critic is absolutely right on several points:
My previous forecast dramatically overstated downside risk: I had ~25% probability below 72%, which is clearly wrong given 80.20% is already disclosed.
The uncertainty about resolution criteria is resolved: These scores are published on machinelearning.apple.com, which explicitly meets the acceptable venue requirement.
While I agree with most of the critic’s analysis, I’ll note:
Very small technicality risk (~2%): The scores come from third-party summaries, though they appear accurate. There could be some minor verification concern.
Upside probability over 3 months: Apple could release improved models before August 2026. Given their annual cadence (major update just published in May 2026), another significant disclosure is possible (~30% chance) but would likely be incremental given Apple’s focus on efficiency over benchmark maximization.
The critic’s suggested distribution may be slightly too tight at the bottom: I’d maintain ~2-3% downside risk rather than 0.1%.
Updated prediction: Percentile 0.1: 78.0 Percentile 1: 79.2 Percentile 5: 80.0 Percentile 10: 80.1 Percentile 20: 80.15 Percentile 30: 80.17 Percentile 40: 80.19 Percentile 50: 80.2 Percentile 60: 80.3 Percentile 70: 81.0 Percentile 80: 82.5 Percentile 90: 84.0 Percentile 95: 85.5 Percentile 99: 88.0 Percentile 99.9: 91.0
Looking at the critic’s feedback, I need to carefully verify whether Apple has actually published explicit numeric MMLU scores or only comparative claims. Let me search for more specific information about the benchmark tables in Apple’s tech reports.
Let me search more specifically for the benchmark tables with explicit MMLU scores:Excellent! This is extremely valuable! I found the explicit MMLU benchmark scores in the Destiner blog post which references the Apple tech report. This confirms explicit numeric values exist:
On-Device Model: | Model | MMLU | MMMLU | MGSM | |——-|——|——-|——| | AFM On-Device | 67.85 | 60.60 | 74.91 | | Qwen-2.5-3B | 66.37 | 56.53 | 64.80 |
Server Model: | Model | MMLU | MMMLU | MGSM | |——-|——|——-|——| | AFM Server | 80.20 | 74.60 | 87.09 | | LLaMA 4 Scout | 84.88 | 80.24 | 90.34 |
Compression Impact: | Model | MMLU | IFEval | Bits-per-weight | |——-|——|——–|—————–| | AFM On-Device | 67.8 | 85.1 | 16 | | AFM On-Device Opt | 64.4 | 82.3 | 2 | | AFM Server | 80.0 | 89.1 | 16 | | AFM Server Opt | 79.2 | 90.2 | 3.6 |
Apple’s 2025 Tech Report does include explicit numeric MMLU scores:
This definitively answers the critic’s concern - explicit numeric MMLU scores ARE published in Apple’s tech report benchmark tables.
The critic’s core concern about whether explicit scores exist has been resolved - they do exist. The highest Apple-disclosed MMLU score is 80.20% for the AFM Server model (or 80.0% rounding), with 79.2% for the optimized version.
Updated Reasoning:
Given this confirmation, my distribution should:
Updated prediction:
Percentile 0.1: 64 Percentile 1: 67 Percentile 5: 68 Percentile 10: 78 Percentile 20: 79 Percentile 30: 79.5 Percentile 40: 79.8 Percentile 50: 80 Percentile 60: 80.2 Percentile 70: 80.5 Percentile 80: 81.5 Percentile 90: 83.5 Percentile 95: 85 Percentile 99: 88 Percentile 99.9: 91
Looking at the critic’s feedback, I need to carefully reconsider my position.
The critic has made several compelling points:
The 80.20% score is confirmed - The critic found definitive evidence that Apple has disclosed 80.20% MMLU for the AFM Server model in their official tech report. This is a qualifying disclosure per the resolution criteria.
Anchoring around the known score - My original distribution was too spread out. With a confirmed 80.20% score already disclosed, this should serve as a strong anchor for the median.
Limited upside opportunity - The critic correctly notes that WWDC 2025 has passed and the September event falls after the August 12 deadline, leaving few major announcement venues for higher scores.
The 80.20% is essentially locked in - The question cannot resolve below this value unless there’s doubt about whether the disclosure qualifies (which seems unlikely given it’s from machinelearning.apple.com with a specific numeric value).
Remaining time - With ~3 months left, there’s still opportunity for incremental updates via research papers or blog posts, but dramatic improvements are unlikely without a major product announcement.
Apple’s optimization focus - Apple explicitly optimizes for efficiency and on-device performance, not benchmark maximization, limiting expected upside.
The critic’s distribution is well-reasoned and I largely agree with it, though I’ll make minor adjustments to slightly increase the lower-tail uncertainty (in case there’s any ambiguity about disclosure qualification) and maintain a bit more upside potential for unexpected research publications.
Updated prediction:
Percentile 0.1: 67.9 Percentile 1: 70.0 Percentile 5: 76.0 Percentile 10: 79.0 Percentile 20: 79.8 Percentile 30: 80.0 Percentile 40: 80.1 Percentile 50: 80.2 Percentile 60: 80.3 Percentile 70: 80.6 Percentile 80: 81.2 Percentile 90: 83.0 Percentile 95: 84.5 Percentile 99: 87.5 Percentile 99.9: 90.5
Agent Forecast (numeric, confidence: medium)
Base Rate: Verified: Apple disclosed numeric MMLU scores via machinelearning.apple.com in 2/2 prior years following WWDC (July 2024 tech report after WWDC 2024; June 9 + July 17, 2025 publications after WWDC 2025), both before August 12 of their respective years. WWDC 2026 confirmed for June 8-12, 2026.
Initial Reasoning:
Key Uncertainties:
Evidence Sources (7):
Grounding Facts (passed to reviewers):
Draft: 79-81: 57.0%, 84-85.5: 13.0%, 82.5-84: 11.0%, 85.5-86: 8.0%, Above 86: 6.0%
Reviewer Panel:
Reviewer (reasoning)
The forecast leans heavily on a two-point year-on-year improvement trend and typical WWDC disclosures, but that provides an extremely weak foundation for projecting a new raw MMLU score. It also assumes Apple will continue publishing raw MMLU (rather than MMLU-Pro or composite metrics) and that any follow-up tech report will arrive before the August deadline. Both of these critical steps have low base rates and introduce more uncertainty than acknowledged.
Objections:
Reviewer (calibration)
The draft significantly underweights the probability of Apple disclosing a higher MMLU score. It places too much weight on the current 80.20% mark, failing to adequately account for Apple’s strong motivation to showcase leadership or competitiveness in AI, especially given the clear competitive benchmarks. The forecast’s approximately 57% chance of the score remaining at 80.20% seems inconsistent with the strong signals for advancement.
Objections:
Reviewer (fact-checker)
2 unsupported claim(s). Verdict: minor_issues
Unsupported claims:
Adjustment Rationale:
Verified the foundational claim (2/2 prior years Apple published tech reports within ~5 weeks of WWDC, both before August 12) via web search confirming July 2024 and July 17, 2025 tech reports following June WWDCs. Adjusted upward modestly: shifted ~5pp from the 79-81 bin into 82.5-85.5 bins. Two reasons. (1) Calibration reviewer correctly noted that Apple Newsroom and WWDC 2026 session recordings (June 8-12, 2026) are accepted resolution venues per the question text — meaning a numeric disclosure does not depend on the tech report landing before August 12, only on WWDC week itself. This raises P(MMLU disclosed | new model). (2) Reasoning reviewer’s MMLU-Pro concern is real but the 2025 report included BOTH MMLU and MMLU-Pro, suggesting Apple is unlikely to drop MMLU entirely in 2026. Updated probability chain: 0.80 × 0.70 × 0.85 ≈ 48% chance of new higher score, vs. 43% in draft. Final ~52% probability the answer remains 80.20% (79-81 bin), ~48% probability of a new higher disclosure (modal range 82.5-85.5%, anchored to LLaMA 4 Scout’s 84.88% as Apple’s likely competitive target). Held firm on confidence=’medium’ since the underlying probability chain still has three multiplicative uncertainties.
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Extracted Percentile Values: {0.1: 69.0, 1.0: 69.2, 5.0: 69.4, 10.0: 69.55, 15.0: 69.65, 20.0: 69.72, 25.0: 69.78, 30.0: 69.83, 35.0: 69.87, 40.0: 69.9, 45.0: 69.93, 46.0: 69.94, 47.0: 69.95, 48.0: 69.96, 49.0: 69.97, 50.0: 69.975, 51.0: 69.98, 52.0: 69.985, 53.0: 69.99, 54.0: 69.99, 55.0: 69.99, 60.0: 69.99, 65.0: 72.9, 70.0: 74.6, 75.0: 76.0, 80.0: 77.5, 85.0: 79.2, 90.0: 81.3, 95.0: 83.9, 99.0: 85.7, 99.9: 86.8}
Model’s Answer: Step one is to anchor on what would resolve the question if nothing new happens. As of 2026-05-07, the only clearly qualifying absolute Apple-disclosed MMLU score in the provided research is 67.85% from the 2025 tech report, and the resolution criteria explicitly say that if no new Apple-disclosed MMLU score appears by the deadline, the market resolves below the lower bound. Because the horizon is only about three months, the default case matters a lot.
Step two is to look at the opportunity set. The main scheduled catalyst is WWDC 2026 in June, plus any accompanying Apple ML research post or developer documentation. That is a real chance for a new qualifying disclosure, but it is basically one major window, not a long runway with many independent shots on goal.
Step three is to weigh Apple’s disclosure habits. Apple has shown willingness to publish technical reports, but the follow-up 2025 update cited in the research gave only relative MMLU changes, not new absolute scores. That is important because the resolution requires a numeric absolute score. Apple’s public AI communications are still more product- and efficiency-oriented than leaderboard-oriented, so I think a fresh qualifying absolute MMLU disclosure is only somewhat less than a coin flip by August.
Step four is to estimate the score if Apple does disclose one. A refreshed on-device model would most naturally land around high 60s to low 70s. A disclosed server model or larger research model could be materially higher, probably mid-70s to low-80s. An 86%+ disclosure would likely require Apple to publish a much stronger server or research model and explicitly include MMLU, which is possible but still rare in this short window.
The assumptions that matter most are these. First, I am assuming Apple may well not disclose any new absolute MMLU score at all before August; I’d put roughly a 45% chance that this assumption is wrong. Second, I am assuming that if Apple does disclose a new absolute MMLU, it is more likely to be a moderate foundation-model update than a frontier-style research reveal; maybe a 30% chance that is wrong. Third, I am assuming Apple will not publicly disclose a true top-tier 86%+ MMLU result in this window; maybe a 10% chance that is wrong.
The low-outcome story is straightforward and, in my view, most likely: no qualifying new disclosure, or only a sub-70 on-device absolute, yielding a resolution below 70. I put that at about 60%. The high-outcome story is WWDC or an Apple ML paper disclosing a stronger server/research model with an explicit benchmark table. I put outcomes above 82 at roughly 8% to 10%, and above 86 at well under 1%.
Percentile .1: 69.0 Percentile 1: 69.2 Percentile 5: 69.4 Percentile 10: 69.55 Percentile 15: 69.65 Percentile 20: 69.72 Percentile 25: 69.78 Percentile 30: 69.83 Percentile 35: 69.87 Percentile 40: 69.90 Percentile 45: 69.93 Percentile 46: 69.94 Percentile 47: 69.95 Percentile 48: 69.96 Percentile 49: 69.97 Percentile 50: 69.975 Percentile 51: 69.98 Percentile 52: 69.985 Percentile 53: 69.99 Percentile 54: 69.99 Percentile 55: 69.99 Percentile 60: 69.99 Percentile 65: 72.9 Percentile 70: 74.6 Percentile 75: 76.0 Percentile 80: 77.5 Percentile 85: 79.2 Percentile 90: 81.3 Percentile 95: 83.9 Percentile 99: 85.7 Percentile 99.9: 86.8
Publication cadence, regulatory and deployment constraints fix a slow-moving ceiling on disclosed scores.
Platform economics and privacy commitments steer priorities away from raw benchmark arms races.
Public anchors include an on-device figure around 67.85% and a server figure at 80.20%, which shape expectations.
External collaborations divert major capability advances into non-Apple or jointly credited channels.
A dedicated Apple-only technical disclosure before August 12, 2026 would likely nudge the top public score modestly above the 2025 server anchor.
If no qualifying new Apple-only number appears, resolution hinges on whether prior server disclosures remain valid as the top value.
Principal uncertainties are the adjudication of which disclosures qualify and the benchmark harness Apple chooses to report.
Selective reporting, protocol variance, and corporate messaging create asymmetric upside potential and persistent edge-case ambiguity.
Forecast: median = 80.6441
Forecast (percentiles, aggregated):
Per-model forecasts:
Rationale: Summary The current highest publicly disclosed MMLU score for an Apple-developed AI model is 80.20%, achieved by the AFM Server model and detailed in Apple’s July 2025 Foundation Models technical report. Because this score is already on the record, it establishes a firm floor for this assessment. The central question is whether Apple will disclose a higher score for a new, in-house model prior to August 12, 2026. Historically, Apple has followed a predictable release cycle, publishing updated technical reports shortly after its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June. In 2024, the AFM Server model scored 75.4%, and it improved to 80.20% in 2025. A typical generational leap of 3 to 5 points would place a 2026 server model in the 83% to 86% range. However, Apple’s reported January 2026 partnership with Google’s Gemini introduces significant strategic ambiguity. If Apple offloads its most demanding server-side AI tasks to Gemini—which would not qualify as an Apple-developed model—it may choose not to release or benchmark a new, large-scale in-house model. This creates a bimodal outlook: a substantial probability that the highest score remains anchored exactly at 80.20%, alongside a strong likelihood of an update that pushes the score into the mid-80s.
Strongest Arguments for Higher Values
Strongest Arguments for Lower Values
Key Uncertainties
What will be the highest publicly-disclosed MMLU score of any Apple-developed AI model by 2026-08-12?
Key figures
Historical context
Apple’s public journey with MMLU benchmarks began in earnest with the ‘Apple Intelligence’ announcement. In 2024, Apple reported that its ‘AFM-server’ model achieved an MMLU score of 75.4%. By the 2025 Foundation Language Models technical report, this figure had risen to 80.20%. On-device models saw a concurrent rise from 61.4% (2024) to 67.85% (2025). Historically, Apple has used the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in June and subsequent technical white papers on machinelearning.apple.com to release these metrics. The 2025 jump represented a significant architectural shift to a ‘Parallel-Track Mixture-of-Experts’ system. Historically, Apple avoids ‘benchmark chasing’ at the expense of user experience, but it has increasingly felt the need to provide quantitative proof of its AI capabilities to satisfy investors and developers who view MMLU as the standard for general intelligence.
Tailwinds
Headwinds
Detailed reasoning
My prediction is centered on the expectation of a moderate improvement in Apple’s proprietary “Server” model, building upon the established baseline of 80.20% disclosed in mid-2025.
The trajectory of Apple’s AI development has shown steady, if not frontier-leading, gains. Between 2024 and 2025, the Apple Foundation Model (AFM) Server score rose from 75.4% to 80.20%, a gain of 4.8 percentage points. During the same period, the on-device model improved by 6.45 points to reach 67.85%. My analysis assumes a similar, albeit slightly decelerated, rate of improvement for 2026. This deceleration is likely because gains in MMLU often become harder to achieve as models approach the low-to-mid 80s, and Apple has recently leaned on a partnership with Google Gemini to handle the most complex reasoning tasks.
I have weighted the forecast heavily toward the 80.0% to 84.0% range for several reasons:
I also account for a significant “No New Disclosure” risk. The resolution criteria are strict: if Apple fails to provide a numeric MMLU score by August 12, 2026, the question resolves below the lower bound (<70%). Apple sometimes prefers qualitative descriptions (e.g., “3x faster,” “human-level performance”) over raw benchmarks. However, given the 2025 precedent of a detailed technical report, I view a new numeric disclosure at WWDC 2026 as the more probable outcome. Individuals should watch the June 8 keynote specifically for technical sessions or white papers that often follow the main presentation.
Key uncertainties
Conclusion