Meta pushes back AI model launch again

Meta has repeatedly pushed back plans ​to release its new Muse Spark ‌AI model API to developers, and as of Tuesday, had no scheduled launch date, the Wall Street ​Journal reported, citing people familiar with the ​matter.

A Meta spokesperson told Reuters on Wednesday ⁠that the company is already testing the ​Application Programming Interface (API) with some early partners ​and is looking forward to releasing it this month.

An API is a type of software interface that determines ​how two software systems will interact.

"The muse ​spark API will be coming soon," Meta AI Chief Alexandr ‌Wang ⁠announced in a post on X in April.

Meta unveiled Muse Spark in April as the first model built to close the gap with ​rivals. Muse ​Spark is ⁠the first in a new series of models created by the company's ​Superintelligence Labs.

Earlier on Wednesday, Meta unveiled an ​AI ⁠agent aimed at helping businesses carry out day-to-day operations, hinting at the company's ambitions to ⁠compete ​with rivals such as OpenAI, ​Anthropic and Alphabet's Google.

-Reuters