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Muse Spark 1.1 Tops Gemini on Select Benchmark as Meta Chief Taunts Google

The leaderboard snapshot could shift enterprise interest by highlighting Muse Spark's coding performance and lower operating cost.

Overview

  • A screenshot of the Artificial Analysis Intelligence index shared on X showed Muse Spark 1.1 scoring above Google's Gemini 3.6 Flash, and Meta AI chief Alexandr Wang reshared the post with the comment “gemini who?” on Wednesday.
  • The comparison reflects a narrow, task-specific snapshot rather than a definitive ranking because the index measures selected reasoning, coding, and agentic tasks rather than all capabilities.
  • Meta positioned Muse Spark 1.1 as optimized for agentic coding and said it can run at lower cost than some rivals, while Google promoted Gemini 3.6 Flash as a more efficient and higher‑quality update to its Flash line.
  • Meta also launched Muse Image but disabled a feature that allowed generating images of public Instagram users after privacy concerns were raised during the rollout.
  • Despite this win on a public leaderboard, independent benchmarks and reports still place top models from OpenAI, Anthropic and some Chinese open-weight systems above Muse Spark, and the exchange underscores how social leaderboards and executive signals are shaping perceptions and commercial choices.