Meta Platforms, Inc. (META.US) said it will open-source its most powerful AI models and launch new models designed for consumer devices, as it competes with leading laboratories such as OpenAI and Anthropic.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in an Instagram video on Monday that the company will release the weights of its latest AI model, Muse Spark 1.2, allowing the public to download and use them. Weights refer to the computations and rules that determine how AI operates and behaves.

Zuckerberg also said the company will launch a new series of open-source models called Muse Glimmer, which can run on laptops.

Meta shares have sagged about 10% year to date as investors scrutinize the company's spending plans and its ability to compete with major AI leaders.

Zuckerberg is attempting to assure investors that Meta Superintelligence Labs, established last year, is making progress, and that capital expenditures expected to reach as much as USD145 billion this year will generate returns.

While Anthropic and OpenAI mainly focus on closed AI models, Chinese competitors ranging from Alibaba to DeepSeek and Moonshot AI have been actively launching open-weight models and competing with the leading technologies of US companies in certain areas.

Zuckerberg on Monday published a 6,500-word article on AI, positioning Meta's initiatives as a challenge to China's open-source technology and urging Washington to support related US development.
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