{"slug": "introducing-muse-spark-1-1", "title": "Introducing Muse Spark 1.1", "summary": "Meta released Muse Spark 1.1, a new AI model, along with an evaluation report. Developer Simon Willison created a plugin for the LLM tool to provide CLI and Python library access to the model.", "body_md": "There are a lot more details are in the [Muse Spark 1.1 Evaluation Report](https://ai.meta.com/static-resource/muse-spark-1-1-evaluation-report).\n\nI had a few days of preview access which was long enough to put together [llm-meta-ai](https://github.com/simonw/llm-meta-ai), a new plugin for [LLM](https://llm.datasette.io/) providing CLI (and Python library) access to the model. Here's how to try that out:\n\n```\nuv tool install llm\nllm install llm-meta-ai\nllm keys set meta-ai\n# paste API key here\nllm -m meta-ai/muse-spark-1.1 \"Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle\"\n```\n\nHere's [that pelican transcript](https://tools.simonwillison.net/markdown-svg-renderer#url=https%3A%2F%2Fgist.github.com%2Fsimonw%2F4117330e4110279a172ed4876057816d):\n\nTags: [ai](https://simonwillison.net/tags/ai), [generative-ai](https://simonwillison.net/tags/generative-ai), [llms](https://simonwillison.net/tags/llms), [llm](https://simonwillison.net/tags/llm), [meta](https://simonwillison.net/tags/meta), [pelican-riding-a-bicycle](https://simonwillison.net/tags/pelican-riding-a-bicycle), [llm-release](https://simonwillison.net/tags/llm-release)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/introducing-muse-spark-1-1", "canonical_source": "https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/9/muse-spark-1-1/#atom-everything", "published_at": "2026-07-09 16:24:09+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-09 16:36:06.861328+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai", "large-language-models", "ai-products", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["Meta", "Simon Willison", "Muse Spark 1.1", "LLM"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/introducing-muse-spark-1-1", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/introducing-muse-spark-1-1.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/introducing-muse-spark-1-1.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/introducing-muse-spark-1-1.jsonld"}}