--- title: "Meta releases scaled-down AI model that consumers can use at home" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/295395950.md" description: "Meta released Muse Glimmer, a lightweight AI model with 30 billion parameters designed to run on consumer hardware with a single GPU. Available via Hugging Face under a permissive license, it targets efficiency for tasks like schedule management. This move aims to compete with Chinese firms and attract users amid intense global AI rivalry. Additionally, Meta announced a $1 billion fund to invest in US communities hosting its data centers." datetime: "2026-08-10T11:01:26.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/295395950.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/295395950.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/295395950.md) generator: "portal-rs" --- # Meta releases scaled-down AI model that consumers can use at home \[CALIFORNIA\] Meta Platforms introduced a new artificial intelligence model that is light enough to run on a single computer, allowing users to download and customise the technology. The new Muse Glimmer is a distilled version of the company’s Muse Spark 1.2 model, designed with a focus on efficiency to minimise system requirements, Meta said on Monday (Aug 10). At 30 billion parameters, the Muse Glimmer is “small enough” to need only one graphics card to power its work, which will primarily involve agent-like AI tasks such as schedule management and file organisation, according to Meta. The weights, or values that help the AI system make decisions, for Muse Glimmer will be available on Hugging Face, and Meta also intends to make the weights for a version of the more powerful Muse Spark available as well. The move to release these AI models under a permissive licence mirrors competition in China, where startups such as DeepSeek and Moonshot, along with Internet giant Alibaba, have adopted the practice to attract the largest number of users. Meta is in a global race to deliver AI breakthroughs and benefits that would eventually pay off lavish spending on hardware and data centres to develop the technology. Along with US peers Amazon.com, Alphabet and Microsoft, Meta has committed more than US$2 trillion to expanding its capabilities. Developing AI models and tools that entice people to use it over those rivals will help the company secure long-term business. It is developing plans for a cloud infrastructure business that will sell access to AI computing power and models, along the lines of Amazon Web Services. California-based Meta also said on Monday that it intends to set up a US$1 billion fund to invest in US communities where Meta owns and operates data centres. The runaway spending by hyperscalers such as Meta and Google has been met with resistance in many locations across the US where the companies are setting up resource-hungry operations. BLOOMBERG ### Related Stocks - [META.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/META.US.md) - [METD.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/METD.US.md) - [FBL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/FBL.US.md) - [METU.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/METU.US.md) - [METW.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/METW.US.md) - [FBY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/FBY.US.md) - [FBYY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/FBYY.US.md) - [MAGX.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MAGX.US.md) - [BABA.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/BABA.US.md) - [09988.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/09988.HK.md) - [AMZN.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/AMZN.US.md) - [GOOGL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GOOGL.US.md) - [GOOG.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GOOG.US.md) - [MSFT.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/MSFT.US.md) - [89988.HK](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/89988.HK.md) - [HBBD.SG](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/HBBD.SG.md) ## Related News & Research - [08:33 ETOmneky Launches Self-Service ChatGPT Advertising](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296107250.md) - [Alibaba’s Qwen hits 3 billion downloads, outpacing China and US AI rivals](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296018089.md) - [UK cinemas restricting Meta AI and other smart glasses over piracy concerns](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296500862.md) - [BREAKINGVIEWS-Anthropic’s deceleration has some IPO upside](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296261346.md) - [Why states fought to present a united case against Meta over youth social media harms](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296209320.md) --- > **Disclaimer: This article is for reference only and does not constitute any investment advice.**