Meta Abandons Llama for Muse Spark — The End of Open-Source AI's Biggest Champion
Summary
Meta has abandoned its open-weight Llama model family in favor of a fully proprietary model called Muse Spark, developed by Alexandr Wang's team, marking the end of Meta's role as a champion of open-source AI.
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