Meta is reentering the AI race with a new model called Muse Spark
Why it matters: Meta is opening a private API preview for Muse Spark to select partners, and plans to offer paid API access to a wider audience later.
- Meta Superintelligence Labs is launching Muse Spark, its first model since Mark Zuckerberg's significant AI investment (Meta announcement).
- Muse Spark now powers the Meta AI app and website in the US, with broader integration across Meta's products expected in the coming weeks (Meta announcement, Financial Times).
- Meta plans to release a version of Muse Spark under an open-source license and will offer a private API preview to select partners, with paid API access to follow (Axios, CNBC).
- The new model is described as a "ground-up overhaul" designed to make Meta AI "smarter and faster" (TechCrunch, Financial Times).
- META's stock closed up 6.5% following the announcement (CNBC).
Meta is re-entering the AI race with Muse Spark, the first model from its Superintelligence Labs, which now powers the Meta AI app and website in the US and will soon expand across Meta's products. This "ground-up overhaul" aims to make Meta AI smarter and faster, with plans for both open-source release and paid API access for partners.
