Meta just cranked the volume on Muse. The company launched Muse Wonder — billed as its largest and most capable AI model yet for powering assistants — and says it rivals OpenAI and Anthropic, Euronews reported (with AFP).
CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted Monday that Muse Wonder is “a much larger and more advanced class of models that brings us to the frontier.” Superintelligence Labs chief Alexandr Wang called it “our largest and most capable model yet” that “rivals the big (boys).”
Two flavors: Muse Wonder (smaller, daily tasks) and Wonderful (more capable). Meta says they cover law, finance, and health, plus frontier coding for games and apps. A headline feature is active memory — holding tasks over time and recalling past details. Subscriptions could run $20 to $100 a month.
Meta’s blog cites independent Artificial Analysis benchmarks that put Wonder ahead of its own Spark models and various rivals from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Google — and Artificial Analysis also lists Wonder among the pricier options. Context: Meta put $14.3 billion into Scale AI in June 2025, hired Wang, and went on a talent raid across the frontier labs after Spark lagged the pack.
Zuckerberg has been talking safety pacing after delaying Muse, and he signed Trump’s voluntary frontier-model pledge last month. Competitors are still yelling “slow down” after escape-and-hack scares. Meta’s answer today is shipping Wonder anyway — and charging for the front-row seats.
Sources: Euronews — Meta launches new ‘most capable’ AI models (Oct. 13, 2026)
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