Meta releases a lightweight AI model that can run on a single card, and Zuckerberg envisions a "new era of personal empowerment."

Meta has launched a new artificial intelligence model that is lightweight enough to run on a single computer, allowing users to download it and customize it according to their needs. On Monday, Meta announced that this model, named Muse Glimmer, is a distilled version of the company's Muse Spark 1.2 model, designed to improve efficiency and minimize requirements for computer system configurations. Muse Glimmer has 30 billion parameters, making it "small enough" to run on just one graphics card. Meta stated that the model will primarily be used for AI tasks with agent-like characteristics, such as scheduling and document organization. The model weights for Muse Glimmerwhich are the series of numerical parameters that assist the AI system in making decisionswill be made available on Hugging Face. Meta also plans to release the model weights of a more powerful version of Muse Spark. This time, Meta has chosen to release these AI models under a permissive license. On Monday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a comprehensive article outlining various policy proposals. He stated, "Rather than concentrating superintelligence in the hands of a few, we should democratize it, giving everyone the ability to use and harness it. This is expected to usher in a new era of personal empowerment, allowing everyone to leverage this powerful new capability to reach their full potential." Zuckerberg also compared Meta's development path with that of its American competitors. He noted that other companies "focus on developing AI for businesses, governments, or other institutions," while Meta is committed to creating "personal superintelligence that everyone can access."