Meta Keeps Delaying the Release of Its New AI Model to Developers

Meta Keeps Delaying the Release of Its New AI Model to Developers 3 Meta has reportedly delayed the developer release of its Muse Spark AI model API multiple times, and as of Tuesday, had no scheduled launch date, according to the Wall Street Journal (paywalled). Reuters reports: A Meta spokesperson told Reuters on Wednesday that the company is already testing the Application Programming Interface (API) with some early partners and is looking forward to releasing it this month. "The muse spark API will be coming soon," Meta AI Chief Alexandr Wang announced in a post on X in April. Meta unveiled Muse Spark in April as the first model built to close the gap with rivals. Muse Spark is the first in a new series of models created by the company's Superintelligence Labs. Earlier on Wednesday, Meta unveiled an AI agent aimed at helping businesses carry out day-to-day operations, hinting at the company's ambitions to compete with rivals such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Alphabet's Google. Meta unveiled Muse Spark in April as the first model built to close the gap with rivals. Muse Spark is the first in a new series of models created by the company's Superintelligence Labs. Earlier on Wednesday, Meta unveiled an AI agent aimed at helping businesses carry out day-to-day operations, hinting at the company's ambitions to compete with rivals such as OpenAI, Anthropic and Alphabet's Google. Hmmm (Score:3) Better than (Score:2) Being "delayed" on a frontier model makes for a better news cycle than pouring billions of dollars into a service that's worse than less well funded competitors. I think the Heretic folks commented best [reddit.com] on the state of Meta's prowess a couple weeks ago after getting C&D for an unlocked model: The Llama model family ranks among the 200 best language models available today, trailing only 168 other models from 23 competitors on the LM Arena leaderboard, and Meta's concern for that asset naturally outweighs scientific freedom, as well as the legally and ethically dubious circumstances under which those models were created in the first place, regarding which, ironically, Meta is currently facing lawsuits and investigations in multiple jurisdictions around the world. So if Llama models weren't winning them awards, so they give up on showing off in the open-weight arena. Go the Anthropic route with only closed weights, so that they can "protect the secret sauce". Then they are goi Meta is so out of it (Score:1)