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    Meta releases Muse Spark Open, an 816-billion-parameter open-weight model that runs on Mac Studios

    Meta has published the weights for Muse Spark Open, a coding and agent model it calls the most capable U.S. open-weight model to date. The company kept its stronger Muse Wonder model closed, and Muse Spark Open is less capable than it.

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Brussels promises Ukraine a winter shield

EU leaders pledge winter lifeline to Zelensky in Brussels

European leaders welcomed Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels and pledged a winter package for Ukraine covering energy, air defence and financing. Ursula von der Leyen said the EU is working on a 22nd sanctions package and would not lift sanctions until Russia stops the war.

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  • UN secretary-general straw poll

    All candidates receive objections from permanent Security Council members in the sixth informal straw poll, diplomats report.

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European Union · Updated 23m ago

The ageing Union's economy

Incremental IMF commentary and one bank-consolidation approval; no change to EU funding or fiscal frameworks.

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