Meta AI ships Muse Wonder models, scored on par with GPT-6.1 Sol by Artificial Analysis
Simon Willison · rss · 2026-10-13
Simon Willison reports Meta AI's release of Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, billed as its 'most capable models' and likely Meta's first Fable-class models — Artificial Analysis scores Muse Wonder (Max) as equivalent to GPT-6.1 Sol.
- Willison updated his llm-meta-ai plugin (v0.2) to support the new models
- He benchmarked the six reasoning levels (minimal through max) with his pelican-riding-a-bicycle test, comparing against Muse 1.3 (Sep 2) and Muse 1.2 (Aug 5)
- Meta AI is shipping a new model roughly monthly, with material improvements between each release
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