Muse Spark 1.3 nears Opus-level quality, yet open-weights Chinese models own the community
ivan_bezdomny · x · 2026-09-06
- kun Cheng tried several non-mainstream models and was surprised by Muse Spark 1.3: if silently swapped for Opus 4.8, he'd only notice via communication style, not capability. At contributor pricing the ROI is exceptional, and he sees little reason to try DeepSeek V4 Flash. He dislikes the marketing phrase "intelligence that's too cheap to meter" — heavy usage still costs real money.
- ivanbezdomny notes Muse and Gemini are good models but have little community beyond Google/Meta employees, while open-weights Chinese models enjoy a far more active user community — a striking shift in the ecosystem.
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