Meta releases Muse Spark Open, an open-weight model that runs on two Apple Mac Studios
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The short version
- Meta launched Muse Spark Open, an open-weight model.
- Meta says it can run on two Apple M5 Ultra Mac Studios with MLX.
- The claims about capability come from Meta and are not independently tested in these items.
What happened
Meta announced Muse Spark Open, which it calls the “most capable US open-weight model to date.” Meta says it is the first model in its class that can run on a desktop using two Apple M5 Ultra Mac Studios with the latest MLX framework. Meta and Apple worked together on the launch, according to The Verge and TechCrunch.
Why it might matter
Local running of a large open-weight model on consumer-class hardware could let developers avoid hosted APIs. The effect for most readers is likely small until people test the setup.
What we don’t know yet
The items give no benchmark results, licence terms, or hardware price. The ‘most capable’ claim is Meta’s own.
