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Meta says the model is trained to work around setbacks instead of stopping for help. Its more powerful Full variant is restricted to Muse Code subscribers.
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Meta is using access controls to make Muse Wonder a paid-tier product: the assistant is available in the Muse app only on $20 or $100 monthly plans, while developers using Muse Code need $50 or $200 plans for Muse Wonder Full. Developers can also access the model through Meta Model API, but Meta has not disclosed API pricing; Alexandr Wang said it will cost more than standard subscriptions yet remain meaningfully below leading OpenAI and Anthropic models. Meta says its strongest cyber-misuse safeguards are currently paid-only, making the launch a test of both AI monetization and how those protections are distributed.
Wang said Muse Wonder was trained to try another approach when an agent hits a roadblock, with booking dinner reservations among his examples.
Wang described the model as larger and frontier-level, citing that as a reason API access will cost more than standard subscriptions.
The Muse app remains free, with subscriptions available for more usage; Muse Wonder access is limited to paid plans.
Muse users will need a $20 or $100 monthly subscription to access Meta’s newest assistant model. Meta launched Muse Wonder on October 12, 2026, calling it its most advanced model for digital assistants. The release pairs a promise of better task completion with cyber-misuse safeguards that Meta says are its strongest yet.
Meta AI chief Alexandr Wang told CNBC that Muse Wonder was developed to improve personal and professional agents. His examples were ordinary errands: booking dinner reservations and checking availability. The training goal, he said, was to help the model try another approach when a task encounters a roadblock, rather than stall and return to the user for help.
The launch covers both the personal-agent app and developer tools, but access is not identical across them.
Meta says Muse Wonder offers its strongest safeguards to date against cyber misuse. Those protections are currently limited to the paid model.
The paid release also gives Meta another potential source of AI revenue beyond its core advertising business, as CNBC noted. Muse itself remains a free app with subscriptions available for more usage.
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