Meta releases Muse Spark Open weights; it runs on two Apple M5 Ultra Mac Studios

By the GetNews desk · Edited by Sam Calder

Meta says Muse Spark Open is its most capable US open-weight model. Apple worked with Meta so it runs on a desk with the MLX framework.

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Real4

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Why it matters

let developers download and run the model themselves. Meta and Apple worked together, so it also runs on Mac hardware.

For most people

Skip: nothing changes for you.

Meta announced Muse Spark Open and says the weights are released today.
Meta calls it the most capable US open-weight model to date.
It is a natively model with 816 billion total .
Meta says it can run on a desktop with two Apple M5 Ultra Mac Studios using the latest MLX framework.
Apple published a technical post about MLX, Muse Spark Open and two other open models.

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