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

The two companies, long at odds over privacy and the future of computing, will put Muse on Apple's high-end Macs; the custody schedule is unclear.

On air: Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger on BBN This Morning
Published 7:12 AM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

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First reported by Axios: “"Mommy and daddy" play nice: Apple and Meta team up to bring open-source Muse to Macs”.
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 7:12 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger.
Topics: Muse, Meta.

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Axios"Mommy and daddy" play nice: Apple and Meta team up to bring open-source Muse to Macs

What BBN said about it

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Silicon Valley today, Apple and Meta, two rivals who spent years trading barbs over privacy, are bringing one of America's most powerful open-weight AI models, called Muse, to Apple's high-end Macs, Axios reports.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo they're co-parenting. Who gets the Mac on weekends?

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The story so far

Oct 16Apple and Meta team up to bring open-source Muse to Macs (this story)
Oct 16Meta launches an open-weight AI model that runs on Macs · TechCrunch
Oct 20Meta Muse share links expose thousands of private chats · Ars Technica
Oct 20Applegate misdiagnosis, Meta's Muse, Indonesia ferry fire · E! News

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