Meta launches Muse Spark model that runs on Apple Mac Studios
The Verge: Meta and Apple team up to make Muse AI models run better on Macs
The new Muse Spark Open AI model can work on M5 Ultra Mac Studios. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Meta announced the Muse Spark Open AI model today, claiming that it's the "most capable US open-weight model to date." But the company also says that it's the "the first model in its class" that can "run on your desktop using two Apple M5 Ultra Mac Studios with the latest MLX framework." Meta and Apple, typically rivals, worked together on the launch and are publicly su
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Meta announced a new open-weight AI model that can run on desktop computers using Apple's latest hardware and framework, marking a rare collaboration between the typically rival companies. The model is described as the most capable US open-weight model to date and the first in its class able to run on Mac Studios with Apple's MLX framework. The companies have publicly supported each other's work on this project, with Meta's CEO and Apple's CEO both commenting positively on the collaboration. The model is a multimodal system with 816 billion parameters designed for complex tasks like software engineering and multi-step reasoning.
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