Meta releases open-weight model designed to run on Apple silicon Macs

Meta released Muse Spark Open on October 15, an open-weight model with 816 billion parameters and a 1 million token context window designed to run locally on Apple silicon Macs. TechCrunch

TechCrunchMeta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs | TechCrunchMeta 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.

How much does a model of this size matter for people running AI locally versus in the cloud?