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  "id": 14959089,
  "title": "Meta releases Muse Spark Open, a new ‘open-weight’ AI model",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/meta-releases-muse-spark-open-a-new-open-weight-ai-model-14959089",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-16T00:34:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Technology",
    "slug": "guardian-technology",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/16/meta-releases-muse-spark-open-a-new-open-weight-ai-model"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Meta says Muse excels at ‘multi-step reasoning’ and ‘complex software engineering’ as it races to catch up to Chinese rivals Meta on Thursday launched a new open-weight AI model which it claims rivals, and in some cases outperforms, similar products from leading Chinese developers. Muse Spark Open “is the most capable US open-weight model to date,” Meta’s chief of AI Alexandr Wang wrote on X.…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "Meta releases Muse Spark Open, a new ‘open-weight’ AI model",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/meta-releases-muse-spark-open-a-new-open-weight-ai-model",
        "published": "2026-10-16T00:34:28.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Tech in Asia",
        "title": "Meta releases open-weight Muse Spark AI model for coding",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/meta-releases-open-weight-muse-spark-ai-model-for-coding",
        "published": "2026-10-16T00:55:15.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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