Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs
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Meta and Apple have teamed up for the launch of the social media giant's newest model, Muse Spark Open, which will run locally on Apple silicon.
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Timeline · 14 reports
- 2026-10-17 14:33 · r/LocalLLaMA
CUDA: faster MMVQ for low-bit types by am17an · Pull Request #30517 · ggml-org/llama.cpp - 2026-10-17 12:23 · TestingCatalog AI News
ICYMI: Meta's Muse Spark Open is optimized for new Mac Studio - 2026-10-17 11:07 · r/LocalLLaMA
model : add Kolibri-1 (Aleph-Alpha) support by riteme · Pull Request #30673 · ggml-org/llama.cpp - 2026-10-16 20:10 · r/artificial
Meta releases 816B-parameter Muse Spark Open model, runs locally on paired Mac Studios - 2026-10-16 17:23 · AI Insider
Meta Releases Muse Spark Open, an 816B-Parameter Open-Weight AI Model Built to Run on Macs - 2026-10-16 14:12 · r/artificial
Meta releases Muse Spark Open: it runs on two Mac Studios, and its license bans passing off its output as human-written - 2026-10-16 08:28 · r/LocalLLaMA
model : MTP support for Mellum2.1 by Xarbirus · Pull Request #30612 · ggml-org/llama.cpp - 2026-10-16 07:52 · r/LocalLLaMA
cpu : reduce AVX2 tiled accumulators together by trivalik · Pull Request #30296 · ggml-org/llama.cpp - 2026-10-16 04:37 · Mint AI
Meta launches Muse Spark open model to challenge China’s AI dominance - 2026-10-16 02:31 · r/machinelearningnews
Meta released Muse Spark Open: 816B MoE (42B active), 1M context, NVFP4 runs on 2x M5 Ultra Mac Studios. Benchmarks vs Kimi K3, GLM 5.3 and Qwen3.8 inside - 2026-10-15 22:20 · SiliconANGLE AI
Meta releases 816B-parameter Muse Spark Open for coding and agent work - 2026-10-15 21:51 · r/LocalLLaMA
model: add Muse Spark Open (text, vision and audio) by ServeurpersoCom · Pull Request #30616 · ggml-org/llama.cpp - 2026-10-15 20:55 · Mashable AI
Apple and Meta are getting along, and the new Muse Spark Open model brought them together - 2026-10-15 20:04 · TechCrunch AI
Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs