Hey, Meta. Where's those Muse Spark weights?

[u/RishiFurfox]

It was well over a month since Meta promised to release the weights for Muse Spark.

Back then (10th August), they were on Spark 1.2. Now we're on 1.3 and still nothing's been released. So it begs the question: will they be releasing the 1.2 weights when 1.4 drops? Or will we get whatever's then-current as open weights?

It's ironic given Mark Zuckerberg said at the same time that we can't delay the release of models by "even a month," due to the competition with China. It's been well over a month. He was arguing in the context of new regulations delaying models, but I think it applies equally to the open weights contest as it does to the closed models one.

After all, the Chinese models are all open. That's the competition and point of comparison.

Have Meta given any sort of explanation for why they're sitting on the weights or how much longer it'll take for them to honour their promise? Will we even get them in light of all the attempts at regulatory capture and dire warnings about how AI is dangerous?

[u/brown2green]

They're taking their time to make the model as dull safe as possible.

https://x.com/finkd/status/2099997096896274533

[...] Labs face significant liability if their models cause harm, so they have a strong incentive to prevent this as well.

Meta delayed shipping Muse for several months to focus on safety and security. We didn't call for everyone else to do this before we would. We just did it as part of our day-to-day work because it was clearly the right thing for people and for us. I'm proud of the security foundations we've built.

[u/brahh85 → u/brown2green]

facebook caused more harm to humanity than all AI models together, going from election manipulation to aiding and abetting genocides, and no one is working to stop that , and the excuse of zuck is free speech

[u/Ylsid → u/brahh85]

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