Meta launched the open-source model Muse Glimmer for local use on consumer devices
Meta Platforms launched the open-source model Muse Glimmer, a smaller alternative to models from competitors, designed to run directly on users’ devices with consumer graphics cards, without needing a cloud connection.
Meta Platforms launched a new artificial intelligence model called Muse Glimmer, announcing it on its website on Monday. The model is smaller than leading models from competitors and is intended to run directly on users’ computers, without needing a cloud connection. Meta made it available as open source.
Muse Glimmer is designed to handle so-called agentic tasks on computers with consumer graphics cards. According to Meta, the aim is to meet demand for artificial intelligence systems that run directly on users’ devices. In an accompanying video, Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg said that even smaller models would arrive soon and advocated relaxing the rules for open models. He said the idea that artificial intelligence is so dangerous that the only safe path is an extreme concentration of power is fundamentally problematic.
According to Reuters, companies are beginning to worry about rising artificial intelligence costs and are concerned about recent cybersecurity incidents involving models from Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta. The news agency says this is contributing to the growing popularity of open models.
Why it matters
A model running locally on a consumer graphics card allows users to run agentic AI tasks without a cloud connection and without ongoing API fees, which is relevant both to individual developers and to companies seeking a cheaper alternative to closed cloud models amid concerns about rising AI costs and security incidents.
Two audiences, two different impacts
What this means
For individuals
Users with a consumer graphics card can run agentic AI tasks directly on their own devices without a cloud connection and without ongoing fees for using a cloud service.
For a business
Companies are dealing with rising AI costs and concerns about security incidents involving models from Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta, which, according to Reuters, is increasing interest in open models as a cheaper, locally controllable alternative to closed cloud services.
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