Meta Launches Open AI Model Muse Spark Open, Partnering with Apple to Counter China

Meta released Muse Spark Open, an open-weights AI model optimized for Apple's M5 Ultra chips, marking an unusual collaboration between the two firms. The move directly targets Chinese AI advances, signaling intensified US-China competition in AI development. The model's openness and hardware partnership could reshape AI ecosystem dynamics, though its competitive impact versus Chinese models remains unverified.