Meta releases open-source AI model Muse Glimmer, Zuckerberg backs open approach

Meta released a new open AI model, Muse Glimmer, and announced it will open the weights of its more powerful Muse Spark 1.2, returning to an open-source approach. Zuckerberg published an article emphasizing the importance of open AI for individual empowerment and criticized other labs for focusing on serving large institutions. Muse Glimmer is licensed under Apache 2.0, supports local deployment, but underperforms competitors in some benchmarks.