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Meta releases Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, with only the smaller model on its API
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Muse Wonder is available through the Meta Model API under the identifier muse-wonder-1.0 and in the Muse Code coding assistant. Muse Wonder Full, the stronger variant, is limited to Muse Code subscribers and has no API access.
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Muse Wonder ✨, Maia 300 ⚡, AI self-replication 🧬. TLDR AI 10/13
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