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Meta Releases Muse Spark Open, an AI Model You Can Download but Not Easily Run at Home

Meta released Muse Spark Open, an 816B open-weight AI model that can run locally on powerful Mac Studio hardware.
Ashik Ahmed
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October 17, 2026
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