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Morning Edition · Sunday, August 30, 2026Published at 2:24 AM EDT · New York
Meta Sells Model Access Directly With Muse Spark 1.1 on Its Own Metered API
The public preview charges $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output, putting the company that built its reputation on free weights into the paid-API business.
Meta's Superintelligence Labs, run by Alexandr Wang, has put Muse Spark 1.1 behind a metered interface on the Meta Model API, which opened in public preview to US developers on 9 July. The rate is $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 pe…
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