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Meta announces Muse Spark Open AI model, optimized for Mac via Apple partnership

Meta announced the Muse Spark Open AI model, which it calls the most capable US open-weight model to date and the first in its class to run on desktop using two Apple M5 Ultra Mac Studios with the MLX framework. Meta and Apple, typically rivals, collaborated on the launch and publicly supported each other, with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and new Apple CEO John Ternus exchanging praise on X.

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It signals a notable open-weight model release plus an unusual Meta-Apple collaboration on desktop AI deployment via MLX.

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 supporting each other.

"Muse Spark Open - weights releASIng today - runs great on new Mac Studios thanks to work with @johnternus and Apple," Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on X.

"Congrats to the team!" new Apple CEO John Ternus said in a reply. "Amazing to run a model of Muse …

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