Meta Releases Open AI Model While Keeping Its Best Tech Closed

Meta has released Muse Spark Open, an 816 billion parameter model capable of processing text, images, video, and audio with a one million token context window. Developed in collaboration with Apple, the model is optimized for local execution on desktop hardware using the MLX framework. This launch represents a significant competitive move in the open-weight market, positioning the technology to rival leading Chinese models like Qwen and GLM while emphasizing performance on proprietary Apple silicon.