Meta Superintelligence Labs is launching its first model after Mark Zuckerberg spent billions on upgrading the company's AI efforts, UNN reports with reference to The Verge.
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According to the company's statement, the model, named Muse Spark, is now being used in the Meta AI app and on the Meta AI website in the US. In the coming weeks, Meta states, it will appear in WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, and Meta smart glasses, and will also be rolled out in other countries.
Like Google Gemini, which integrates seamlessly into Google's product suite, Meta positions Muse Spark as specifically designed for Meta products. The first model in the new series will be available to some Meta partners in a closed preview via API. The company promises the ability to launch multiple AI sub-agents for more efficient and faster query processing, as well as support for multimodal input, including both text and images. The latter is particularly relevant for Meta's camera-equipped AI glasses, which the company sees as the (latest) future of computing. This allows users to switch between a faster "Instant" mode and a "Thinking" mode, which should provide more reasoned results, similar to options like Microsoft's Think Deeper.
Meta also emphasized that Muse Spark can answer "complex questions in science, mathematics, and health." AI-powered chatbots focused on health have become a controversial topic in recent months, as they process sensitive personal data and can spread misinformation. Meta stated that Muse Spark's multimodal perception is "particularly valuable for health" and can "address health questions with more detailed answers, including some questions containing images and diagrams." Meta may be aiming to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT Health and Anthropic's Claude for Healthcare, both of which debuted in January. In its announcement, the company showed how its chatbot estimates calorie counts for meals – "a popular but often haphazard use of AI technology," the publication writes.
In the future, Meta hopes this model will provide new features "that cite recommendations and content people share on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads." The company also stated that it is developing larger models and hopes to open-source future versions. It describes Muse Spark as an "early data point" on the trajectory of its new Muse series.
The Muse series is set to be Meta's second major step towards powerful artificial intelligence after the Llama models. Zuckerberg revamped the company's AI program after the delayed and unsuccessful release of Llama 4 in 2025.
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