Muse Spark: Scaling towards personal superintelligence

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 5:13 PM UTC

observationist wrote: post #75

dgellow wrote: post #22

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I never understood why meta decided to join the race. They don’t sell compute like Google or Microsoft. Why not let others do the hard work and integrate their LLMs in your systems if needed? I assume it’s because they have Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Thread data and feel they should be the ones using them for training, but it’s really not obvious how having a frontier AI lab benefits their business

Adtech Money. They've got GPUs, they've got the infrastructure, and they've got the advertisement platform, and the point is getting AI that can exploit the adtech and create a flywheel effect, maximizing return from the data they collect from Insta, WhatsApp, Facebook, etc. It's not just about LLMs, it's about being able to model consumers and markets and psychology and so on. Meta is also big in the manipulation si…

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 5:13 PM UTC

dgellow wrote: post #22

gallerdude wrote: post #14

This would have been an amazing release 6 months ago. But the industry moves so fast, this is a trite release. Maybe it’s best for Meta to sell their superintelligence division. I don’t think Zuck’s vision is particularly compelling.

I never understood why meta decided to join the race. They don’t sell compute like Google or Microsoft. Why not let others do the hard work and integrate their LLMs in your systems if needed? I assume it’s because they have Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Thread data and feel they should be the ones using them for training, but it’s really not obvious how having a frontier AI lab benefits their business

Post by prodigycorp » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 5:14 PM UTC

swyx wrote: post #69

dgellow wrote: post #22

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I never understood why meta decided to join the race. They don’t sell compute like Google or Microsoft. Why not let others do the hard work and integrate their LLMs in your systems if needed? I assume it’s because they have Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Thread data and feel they should be the ones using them for training, but it’s really not obvious how having a frontier AI lab benefits their business

you dont understand why zuck, who paid $1B for instagram when they had no revenue and 7 employees because he is paranoid about platform shifts, decided to join the race for (what is seeming highly possibly) the biggest platform shift in human history?

Post by NitpickLawyer » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 5:14 PM UTC

blahblaher wrote: post #55

gordonhart wrote: post #17

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A new model comparable (ish) to the Claude/Gemini/GPT flagships is a big deal for the industry and for Meta even if it doesn't set the new frontier.

Why would you use this instead of the other more proven models? Unless it's significantly cheaper. The general population mostly wants it free, and the more professional users are willing to pay for good/better responses.

Post by Invictus0 » Wed, Apr 08, 2026, 5:17 PM UTC

hackrmn wrote: post #98

The hero image on the linked page, which consists of a muted teal background with the words "Introducing Muse Spark", weighs in at 3,5MB. I don't even...