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Meta unveils Muse Spark 1.3, touts coding gains

Meta has launched Muse Spark 1.3, its latest reasoning AI model, claiming its biggest improvement yet for coding tasks. Mark Zuckerberg says it offers "frontier performance almost too cheap to meter." Meta’s benchmarks put Spark 1.3 ahead on coding and long-context reasoning — but those results use Meta-run tests and the highest settings not yet public. Open-weight downloads are promised, though license details remain unknown.

Why it mattersThis could raise the bar for affordable coding AI, but it’s not clear yet how freely developers will be able to use or adapt the model. Actual hands-on performance and openness depend on details Meta hasn’t disclosed.

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The New Stack“Google was ahead only a few hours”: Muse Spark 1.3 edges out Gemini as Meta claims its biggest coding leap yet3:37 PM

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