Meta releases Muse Wonder AI models to challenge Anthropic and OpenAI

Oct 12 (Reuters) - Meta on Monday launched Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, ‌calling them its most capable AI models ‌yet, as the social media firm looks to compete ​more forcefully with OpenAI and Anthropic.

Meta's shares rose about 4% in afternoon trading.

• The launch comes after CEO Mark Zuckerberg pledged billions of ‌dollars and aggressively ⁠poached researchers over the past year to catch up in Silicon Valley's ⁠intensifying AI race

• Meta said Muse Wonder would soon power its Muse personal AI agent, ​initially for ​subscribers, while the ​more powerful Muse ‌Wonder Full model is available to subscribers of its AI coding tool Muse Code

• "Fourteen months ago, we began an overhaul of our AI efforts, and in that time we've gone ‌from rebuilding our foundations ​to pushing the frontier," Meta ​said in ​a blog post

• Meta's successful rollout ‌of its personal AI ​agent Muse ​last month could open a lucrative path to turn its heavy AI investments into new ​revenue streams ‌with subscriptions, despite facing concerns over user ​privacy

(Reporting by Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru; ​Editing by Jonathan Ananda)