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Meta Releases Muse Spark Open, an 816-Billion-Parameter Model That Runs on Two Mac Studios

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Meta released Muse Spark Open on Thursday, October 15, calling it the most capable United States open-weight model to date. Unlike a closed system that stays behind a company API, an open-weight release lets developers download the trained parameters, adapt the model, and run it on their own hardware. Meta is aiming this one squarely at coding and agentic work: long, multi-step software tasks that require reasoning, tool use, and sustained context rather than a single quick answer.

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Nvidia in Talks to Deepen Its Bet on Reflection AI — or Buy It Outright

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Nvidia is circling the open-source coding world — and it already owns a seat at the table.

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Google Is Testing "Carbon," a Gemini 4 Model That Feels Like Anthropic's Best at Coding

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Google's race to catch up in AI-assisted coding may have a new contender — and it is not the model everyone is waiting for. Business Insider reported this week that Google employees are internally testing a Gemini 4 variant codenamed Carbon, and early feedback suggests it could be the strongest coding model the company has built.

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