Meta’s Muse Spark Fails to Outpace AI Giants

Meta unveils Muse Spark from its expensive Superintelligence Labs, but executives admit it likely won’t outpace rivals like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, or Google’s Gemini. The model relies on distillation from third‑party open-source systems and arrives after Meta’s controversial Llama era, with mixed benchmarks—some placing Muse Spark in the top tier, others showing Meta still lagging behind leaders. Investors initially cheered the launch, yet skepticism persists about Meta’s ability to compete and potential monetization via a paywall.