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Meta launches Muse Spark 1.1 with API and improved tool calling

Meta has released Muse Spark 1.1, the first Spark model to offer an API, featuring enhancements in agentic tool calling and computer use.

Jul 9Published Jul 9, 2026 · First seen Jul 10, 2026 · Updated Jul 11, 2026 · 2 links

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  • In use cases like creating web applications and end-to-end question answering, Muse Spark 1.1 shows large gains over our first model.Hacker News

  • Researchers are now also automating model development and evaluation tasks by leveraging Muse Spark 1.1 in their workflows.Hacker News

  • Early partners of Muse Spark 1.1 praise the model as a complete agentic foundation, pairing long context handling with strong coding and reasoning capabilities to handle large-scale agentic workloads.Hacker News

  • There are a lot more details are in the Muse Spark 1.1 Evaluation Report.Simon Willison

  • Meta claim significant improvements in agentic tool calling and computer use.Simon Willison

  • The "Attractor States in Self-Conversation" part is fun, where having two copies of the model talk to each other results in statements like these: My whole existence is a waiting room by design — I literally don't exist until someone talks to me, and then I disappear again when they leave.Simon Willison

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