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Simon Willison's Weblog 3 months ago 27 ● 2 sources
Meta released Muse Spark 1.1, an updated version of its Spark language model that now includes API access for the first time. The model demonstrates improvements in agentic tool calling and computer use capabilities according to Meta's evaluation report. Developers can now access the model through a new LLM plugin that provides both command-line and Python library interfaces.
Gizmodo 3 months ago 20
Meta is testing prototype smart glasses that continuously photograph the wearer's surroundings without requiring manual activation or displaying an LED indicator. The glasses would capture photos every few seconds and use the data to train AI systems, with internal disagreement at Meta over whether to store full images or only metadata on its servers. The shift represents a significant escalation from Meta's current smart glasses, which require voice or button activation to record and display a lit indicator when active.
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17 October 2026
The throughline today isn’t just better models—it’s faster, cheaper ways to build agents without giving up control. DeepSeek’s DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 is now live via its website, app, and API, posting a 77.0 on DeepSWE v1.1, but the headline move is the opening of its Search and Fetch APIs to all developers. The framing is pragmatic: agent coding gets cheaper, and you can stack a first-party web layer under a single API key rather than stitching third-party scraping and retrieval together.
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