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Apple and Meta team up to bring open-source Muse AI model to Macs

Apple and Meta will bring the open-weight Muse AI model to Apple's high-end Macs, ending years of public sniping over privacy; the hug looks careful.

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  1. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorApple and Meta, two companies that spent years trading insults over privacy, are now bringing one of America's most powerful open-weight AI models, called Muse, to Apple's high-end Macs.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWith me is Beatrix Holloway, Chief Reconciliation Officer at the Cupertino-Menlo Friendship Council. So, Beatrix, how did two rivals end up holding hands?

  3. Beatrix HollowayWith love, Vera, and a lot of patience.

  4. Beatrix HollowayAs they both told me, they have never felt closer. Hold on, I have a note here that says, quote, tell Apple the fonts were fine.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA note. Are the two of them not speaking directly?

  6. Beatrix HollowayThey are speaking constantly, through me. As they both told me, and I'm reading now, we will not be sharing a parking garage.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat is a very small yellow square to carry a historic détente.

  8. Beatrix HollowayIt is a peace treaty draft, Vera. Page one says play nice, page two says you first, and page three just says Mark.

  9. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPage three just says Mark?

  10. Beatrix HollowayIt is underlined twice.

  11. Beatrix HollowayAs they both told me, and this one is long, nobody is getting the good chair at the launch, nobody is bringing a cheaper charger, and nobody is saying the word privacy before lunch.

  12. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo let me ask you plainly. Do these two companies actually like each other, yes or no?

  13. Beatrix HollowayThey are working on it.

  14. Beatrix HollowayI'll add that to the pad. Oh, a new one just came in, and it is addressed to you, Vera.

  15. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMe? What does it say?

  16. Beatrix HollowayIt says, and I am reading this exactly, please seat us at separate tables.

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The story so far

  1. Meta's Muse Delay Now Has a Backstory; Grief Paperwork App Debuts · TechCrunch
  2. Instinct AI Agent Faces Muse Showdown, The Verge Asks · The Verge
  3. Meta Unveils New Series of Advanced A.I. Models · The New York Times
  4. Meta releases its first frontier model, Muse Wonder · TechCrunch
  5. Meta Says New AI Model Is State-of-the-Art, Will Make Muse Agent… · WSJ
  6. Apple bets AI can finally make us want a smart home · Axios
  7. Apple and Meta team up to bring open-source Muse AI model to Macs (this story)

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