Morning Edition · Saturday, July 18, 2026Published at 2:03 AM EDT · New York
Meta Opens Muse Spark 1.1 to Developers via a Cheaper Model API
The multimodal agentic model carries a 1-million-token context window and prices at $1.25 input and $4.25 output per million tokens, undercutting frontier rivals.

Meta has opened Muse Spark 1.1 to developers through a new Model API now in public preview. The Model API is an application programming interface (API), and the release is Meta's second from Meta Superintelligence Labs and its clearest move…
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