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Meta’s local AI model prompts enterprises to rethink hardware-software cost trade-off

Meta rolled out a new 30-billion-parameter AI model optimized to run on a PC or Mac with a single GPU on Monday, offering a way to run always-on agentic workflows locally rather than relying on the cloud. The company has dubbed it Muse Glimmer. However, its hardware demands, including a GPU with a minimum of 24GB of VRAM, could make it difficult to justify for deployment at scale. Although analysts and consultants agree that there is a tremendous enterprise appetite for running models locally, d

Aug 11, 2026 ·Computerworld

9to5Mac Daily: August 10, 2026 – Apple Watch rumors, more

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Aug 10, 2026 ·9to5Mac

OpenAI launches GPT-5.6-Cyber with reduced refusals, 95% completion on advanced cybersecurity tasks

Earlier today, OpenAI launched GPT-5.6-Cyber, a specialized model designed to perform advanced vulnerability research and exploit development for approved defenders — including categories of work that its general-purpose models will often refuse. GPT-5.6-Cyber is a fine-tuned version of OpenAI's most advanced general model, GPT-5.6 Sol, unveiled back in June, but trained specifically to improve performance on advanced cybersecurity tasks, including finding zero-day vulnerabilities and developing

Aug 10, 2026 ·VentureBeat

Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand how to live

Recently, a man I was rock climbing with told me about how he'd used AI to make a motivational poster for himself, which he'd hung on his bedroom wall: a bear, walking a slackline over a canyon, holding a sign that said, "Do cool shit." I made what I hoped was a polite noise. What reaction was this man looking for? He probably hoped someone, maybe me, would say it was cool or inspiring. It seemed I was not the first person he'd told about this poster. "You know, it's funny," he said to me. "No o

Aug 10, 2026 ·The Verge