The new model, Muse Glimmer, is much smaller than leading AI models from rivals and is instead designed for agentic tasks and can run on a Mac or PC with a single graphics card, aiming to tap demand for AI systems that run directly on people's devices.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called for lower U.S. barriers for open-source AI models to compete with Chinese rivals.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called for lower U.S. barriers for open-source AI models to compete with Chinese rivals as the social media giant released a new open-weight model on…