Meta returns to open models: 30-billion-parameter LLM released

Meta has released a new language model called Muse Glimmer with 30 billion parameters, marking the company's first such release in over a year. This signals Meta's return to publishing models with open weights after a long hiatus.

The announcement comes amid Mark Zuckerberg's remarks about the future of AI. The Meta CEO has previously mused about "superintelligence" and the "arc of human civilization," noting that the future may belong to billionaires while the rest may have to settle for open-weight models.

Muse Glimmer is a model with 30 billion parameters. Following it, the company plans to release an open version of the Muse Spark model. These events reignite the debate around Meta's open AI strategy, which was called into question after the Qualcomm acquisition.

Developers are eagerly awaiting the release of an open-source compiler for the Mojo programming language from Modular, which has reached version 1.0. This should dispel uncertainty arising from the deal with Qualcomm.