Meta and Apple Launch Muse Spark Open on Mac Studio

Meta introduces Muse Spark Open, an open-weight model with 816 billion parameters and advanced reasoning capabilities. Apple, on its part, has released a technical article on MLX, its framework for AI on Apple Silicon, which includes Muse Spark Open and two other models. The two companies, which claim to have been collaborating for several months, highlight local execution on Mac Studio via MLX.

816 Billion Parameters and an Apple Article on MLX

According to Meta, Muse Spark Open boasts 816 billion parameters and excels in long-term tasks, complex software engineering, and multi-step reasoning. Apple has published a technical article on MLX, described as an array framework for AI on Apple Silicon. Muse Spark Open and two other open models are also discussed.

A Public Collaboration Between Meta and Apple

Meta and Apple announce their collaboration for the launch of Muse Spark Open and publicly express their mutual support. Alexandr Wang, AI director at Meta, states that the collaboration has been ongoing for several months and expresses his satisfaction. John Ternus, Apple's new CEO, praises the ability to run Muse Spark Open efficiently on a desktop and highlights the performance of the Mac Studio for on-device AI. Mark Zuckerberg notes that the model weights have been released and emphasizes the results achieved on the new Mac Studios thanks to the collaboration with Apple.

Announcement of Muse Spark Open and Promises of Local Execution

Meta announces Muse Spark Open, presented as a native multimodal model. The company claims it is the highest-performing open-weight model in the United States to date and the first of its kind capable of running on a desktop equipped with two Mac Studios M5 Ultra using the MLX framework.