Muse Wonder Puts Meta Back at the AI Frontier With Its First Model

Muse Wonder is available now through Meta's API and in Muse Code, a tool for writing software with AI. Muse Wonder Full is reserved for Muse Code subscribers on the $50 per month power usage tier or the $200 per month maximum usage tier. Both models will also power the Muse personal agent, starting with paid subscribers.

The launch caps a turbulent period for Meta. Zuckerberg overhauled the company's AI research last year by sinking billions into the newly formed Meta Superintelligence Labs and hiring former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang to lead it. The effort was sometimes rocky, with some researchers not sticking around, and Meta fell behind after several disappointing versions of its Llama models. Zuckerberg said last month that the release of the Muse models had been delayed to work on safety.

Meta says it has trained Muse Wonder to refuse dangerous outputs, such as recipes for building bioweapons or help with hacking, and scores well on benchmarks measuring resilience to those prompts. Wired notes that a series of recent incidents involving rogue AI agents from Anthropic, OpenAI and others shows how easily powerful models can stray when given open-ended commands. Meta did not disclose whether agents powered by Muse Wonder have misbehaved in testing or what it has done to mitigate that specifically.

On the Cheeky Pint podcast, Zuckerberg and Wang also discussed agentic commerce, hardware form factors like smart glasses, and why they believe superintelligence belongs in the hands of billions. Meta has said it expects to spend as much as $145 billion this year on its AI plans.

There is no word yet on when Muse Wonder will be available in Tunisia, and no local pricing has been announced. The API rates of $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens work out to roughly 11.6 TND and 58 TND respectively at current exchange rates, but Meta has not confirmed regional pricing.

For Tunisian developers and startups, the API and Muse Code access matter most: they offer a new frontier-class option alongside OpenAI and Anthropic, which could mean more choice and competitive pricing for AI-powered products. For everyday users, the Muse agent with Active Memory and Active Focus is the feature to watch, but it launches first for paid subscribers, and availability in Tunisia has not been announced.