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Meta's new open AI model runs on two Apple desktops
Muse Spark Open's size
816 billion parameters
Meta released Muse Spark Open on Thursday and calls it the most capable US open-weight model to date, with 816 billion parameters.
Apple's framework for AI on its own chips
MLX
Meta says it is the first model in its class that can run on a desktop, using two Apple M5 Ultra Mac Studios and Apple's MLX framework for machine learning.
Amazing to run a model of Muse Spark Open's caliber and scale this efficiently, right from your desk.
— John Ternus, Apple's chief executive
