AI & Enterprise

Big AI strikes back against open source as Nvidia targets AI development leadership

OpenAI and Anthropic are rolling out new AI models as open-source rivals press them on cost efficiency. Meta also unveiled its Muse Spark 1.3 large language model, saying it has narrowed performance gaps with major AI companies. Separately, interest in open-source AI is growing after Nvidia officially announced it would acquire open-source model-sharing platform Hugging Face for $12.9 billion. The article also rounds up moves by Google, Perplexity, Adobe and others, plus domestic developments and funding news.

AI & Enterprise

Meta unveils Muse Spark 1.3, claims performance rivals Anthropic and OpenAI models

Meta unveiled Muse Spark 1.3, its most powerful large language model to date, and said it has narrowed the performance gap with major AI companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic. The company began providing the model through the Meta Model API on a paid basis for developers. Meta’s chief AI officer said the model posts its largest performance gains yet, citing strengths in coding and agent automation. Independent rankings placed variants near top competitors.