{"id":8766,"date":"2026-10-15T18:49:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=8766"},"modified":"2026-10-15T18:49:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:49:32","slug":"meta-apple-muse-spark-open-ai-model-mlx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvybrand.com\/?p=8766","title":{"rendered":"Meta and Apple team up to make Muse AI models run better on Macs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Meta announced <a href=\"https:\/\/research.meta.ai\/blog\/muse-spark-open\">the Muse Spark Open AI model today<\/a>, claiming that it\u2019s the \u201cmost capable US open-weight model to date.\u201d But the company also says that it\u2019s the \u201cthe first model in its class\u201d that can \u201crun on your desktop using two Apple M5 Ultra Mac Studios with the latest MLX framework.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">Meta and Apple, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/facebook-meets-apple-in-clash-of-the-tech-titanswe-need-to-inflict-pain-11613192406?mod=article_inline\">typically rivals<\/a>, worked together on the launch and are publicly supporting each other.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cMuse Spark Open &#8212; weights releasing today &#8212; runs great on new Mac Studios thanks to work with @johnternus and Apple,\u201d Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/finkd\/status\/2110778025629347999\">said on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cCongrats to the team!\u201d new Apple CEO John Ternus <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/johnternus\/status\/2110789142326165518\">said in a reply<\/a>. \u201cAmazing to run a model of Muse Spark Open\u2019s caliber and scale this efficiently, right from your desk. Mac Studio keeps pushing the boundaries of on-device AI!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">\u201cWe\u2019re excited for mommy and daddy to be playing nice again,\u201d Meta chief AI officer Alexandr Wang <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/10\/15\/apple-and-meta-bury-the-hatchet-for-ai\">said to <em>Axios<\/em><\/a>, who also noted that the companies have been collaborating over several months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1044qizi _18mzr4b1 _18mzr4b0 _19wv7tc1\">The new model is a \u201cnatively multimodal model\u201d with 816 billion total parameters that \u201cexcels at long-horizon tasks, complex software engineering, and multi-step reasoning,\u201d according to Meta. 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