The models build upon the Muse Spark AI model, launched earlier this year.

Tech giant Meta debuted its new Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full premium AI models on Monday, continuing a push toward what CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently called the “AI frontier,” where the heavy hitters in the artificial intelligence space have dominated. 

The models build upon the Muse Spark AI model, launched earlier this year. Meta calls the new paid tiers its “most capable models to date,” reporting the models can perform personal and professional agentic tasks ranging from handling insurance claims to helping renters understand a lease agreement to building entire working apps.

Meta says its new models, the fruits of billions of dollars invested over the last year, leapfrog the competition. But it’s playing catch-up with Anthropic, OpenAI and Google in the AI race.

“Meta is making up for lost time with lots of new AI tools,” Katelyn Chedraoui, CNET’s expert reporter on artificial intelligence, told me. “But this new frontier model comes amid serious safety concerns in the AI industry. Safeguards will be essential to any new launch.”

Many researchers and experts are advocating for external evaluation and regulation of the technology, with some AI executives, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, making high-profile calls to slow AI development. Meanwhile, Zuckerberg has been vocal in his belief that labs can and should self-police to stave off the worst effects of AI.

“I’m much closer to the belief that AI is a technology that can be engineered with normal guardrails and built responsibly than the anthropomorphic vision of AI, which is that it is just going to go do its own thing,” Zuckerberg told Financial Times in an interview this week.

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