Alexandr Wang: Meta MSL built 'a machine that builds models' in one year
alexandr_wang · x · 2026-10-17
In a long appreciation post after the Muse Wonder/Spark launches, Meta Superintelligence Labs chief Alexandr Wang says his TBD team set out 1 year ago to build a frontier model despite Llama 4's lukewarm reception, ran with a "no deadlines" principle, and has now built "a machine that builds new models" — a scalable system he says keeps advancing the frontier, alongside open-sourcing strong models and alignment work.
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