Meta Launches Muse Spark to Power Meta AI, Replacing Llama Across Its Apps

Overview

• Muse Spark is live on the Meta AI app and site, with a phased rollout planned to Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Messenger, and Meta Ray‑Ban smart glasses to replace Llama models.
• Muse Spark handles text, images, and video, runs multiple sub‑agents in parallel to split tasks, and can analyze photos without user captions.
• Meta highlights speed and reasoning as design goals, saying the compact model can tackle complex questions in science, math, and health.
• New modes include shopping that gathers product links for quick buys and a social search feature that pulls in public posts by location or topic; Meta also points to improved content recommendations in Instagram, Facebook, and Threads.
• Built in nine months by Meta Superintelligence Labs led by Alexandr Wang after the Scale AI acquisition, the closed model marks a break from Llama’s open releases, with a next‑generation version already in development as Meta seeks to catch rivals like OpenAI and Google.