Morning Edition · Friday, July 31, 2026Published at 1:48 AM EDT · New York
Meta Turns Muse Spark Into a Paid API and Zuckerberg Argues for Faster, Not Slower, AI
Meta's first proprietary model, sold through a metered application programming interface (API), launched at a claimed 75 percent below rival pricing as the company projects $115 billion to $135 billion in 2026 capital spending.
Meta has made Muse Spark available through a metered API, its first proprietary model business after years of championing open weights. Muse Spark 1.1, the first model from Meta Superintelligence Labs, the group led by Alexandr Wang, launch…
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