Apple and Meta collaborate to bring Muse Spark Open model to Mac Studio

Apple and Meta have announced a technical collaboration to enable Meta's new 816-billion-parameter AI model, Muse Spark Open, to run locally on Apple hardware. The project utilizes two connected M5 Ultra Mac Studios, each equipped with 512GB of unified memory, to function as a high-performance computing cluster via Apple's MLX machine-learning framework. This open-weight model is designed for complex tasks including multistep reasoning, coding, and agentic workflows. By running the model locally, the companies aim to address privacy concerns, as Meta maintains no visibility into how developers utilize the model on their own systems. While the Muse Spark Open model represents a significant advancement for local AI processing, its hardware requirements currently limit it to professional-grade desktop setups rather than standard consumer laptops. The model and the necessary MLX adapter are currently available for developers on GitHub.