5 MuseSpark 1.2 Contributor
With DeepSeek now billing separately for peak and off-peak usage, and MiMo being somewhat dumb, I need something that can fill the gap. And MuseSpark 1.2 seems to be it.
A surprise launch from Meta after the Llama 4 debacle.1 MuseSpark is pretty smart. Not as smart as DeepSeek V4 Flash, but smart nevertheless.
It has Vision capabilities like MiMo does, though it will try to use Tesseract or some such locally if you provide too many files.
I registered on the Meta AI website last week in order to try it. But it wanted my selfie before it would let me in. So I declined the offer. Thankfully, it is available via OpenCode with no such restrictions.
The Contributor version has incredible pricing because Meta, by its own admission, wants to train on your data:
| Type | Price |
|---|---|
| Cached Read | $0.002/M |
| Input | $0.10/M |
| Output | $0.20/M |
It could be a great translation tool, I feel. I tried translating a Sanskrit story. Here are the original, the MuseSpark version, and the Gemini Pro 3.1 version side-by-side:
O: चीनांशुकम्
MS: China Silk
MS lit: China-cloth
GP: Chinese Silk
GP lit: Chinese silk
O: द्वित्रसहस्रवर्षेभ्यः पूर्वं चीनादेशे कश्चन राजा आसीत्।
MS: Two to three thousand years ago, there was a king in China.
MS lit: Two-three-thousand-years before in China a certain king was.
GP: Two to three thousand years ago, there was a king in China.
GP lit: Before two-three thousand years, in China country some king was.
O: तस्य पत्न्याः नाम चीलिंग्षी इति।
MS: His wife was named Xi Ling Shi.
MS lit: Of him wife's name Xi Ling Shi thus.
GP: His wife's name was Chilingshi.
GP lit: Of his wife the name 'Chilingshi' thus.
O: सा परमसुन्दरी।
MS: She was exceedingly beautiful.
MS lit: She very-beautiful.
GP: She was exceptionally beautiful.
GP lit: She supremely beautiful.
O: विवाहसमये तस्याः वयः चतुर्दश वर्षाणि।
MS: At the time of their marriage she was fourteen years old.
MS lit: At marriage-time of her age fourteen years.
GP: At the time of their marriage, she was fourteen years old.
GP lit: At marriage time her age fourteen years.
Pretty close in my opinion. And Gemini Pro has been my go-to for Sanskrit translations for the past couple of years.
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