AI INSIDE DAILY | Friday, October 16, 2026
Summary
Jason Howell covers Meta’s release of the 816B parameter Muse Spark Open model, which runs locally on Apple M5 Ultra Max Studios via a rare Meta-Apple partnership. He also reports on Anthropic’s valuation dropping to $1.5 trillion due to slowing growth and its new transparency deal with independent evaluators. Additionally, the episode highlights enterprise AI spending caps at Accenture and Uber, Microsoft’s new MAI Base 2 foundation model, and Perplexity’s open-sourcing of its agent sandbox infrastructure.
Topics discussed
Meta releases Muse Spark Open and partners with Apple
Anthropic IPO valuation drops to $1.5 trillion
Anthropic grants independent researchers full access
Enterprise AI spending caps and the 'Tokenpocalypse'
Microsoft launches MAI Base 2 foundation model
Perplexity open-sources agent sandbox infrastructure
Patreon promotion and recap of the week
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