- Meta has released a new AI model, Muse Spark Open. Meta explained that the model can run directly on a desktop computer by linking two high-performance Mac Studio units.
- Meta claims this model is the most capable open-weight model released in the United States. Open weights are a method of publishing a model's trained results so anyone can download and use them. The performance evaluation is Meta's claim.
- Meta said the model is a multimodal model with a total of 816 billion parameters. Multimodal means it handles several kinds of input, such as text and images, together. Apple also published a technical article covering MLX and three open models, including this one.
- MLX is an array computing framework for running machine learning tasks on Apple silicon. The two companies are usually competitors, but The Verge reported that they publicly supported each other for this launch. Pricing, licensing, and how the model will be offered to general users are not stated in the original article.
O: A developer deciding whether to buy a Mac Studio to run AI models locally may want to read Apple's published MLX technical article and compare their own Mac's specs against it first.
X: Meta's performance claims and the conditions for running on two M5 Ultra Mac Studios are the announcing party's account. The source does not include independent measurement results or whether it runs on other Macs.