Meta Unveils Muse Wonder AI Model, Claims It Beats OpenAI and Anthropic
META sits 43% above its 52-week low of $520.26.
Summary
Meta released Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full models for agentic tasks, new AI models it claims are state-of-the-art and will power its Muse personal assistant for subscribers on the $20 and $100 monthly tiers. The company says the models outperform OpenAI's Astra and Anthropic's Fable on several benchmarks and include better memory, focus, and expertise in health, finance, and legal domains. Muse has nearly 9 million downloads since launch but retention lags ChatGPT after 14 days, making this model upgrade a direct attempt to close that gap. This follows Meta's Q2 earnings where AI costs surged and operating income fell 8%, and the company's $18 billion settlement with state attorneys general in August. The release positions Meta more aggressively against OpenAI's Dots and Google's Gemini Spark in the consumer AI agent race.
At the time of this announcement, META was trading at $744.23 on NASDAQ in the Technology sector, with a market capitalization of approximately $1.9T. The 52-week trading range was $520.26 to $779.82. This news item was assessed with neutral market sentiment and an importance score of 7 out of 10. Source: Dow Jones Newswires.