Meta put out Muse Spark on Wednesday, the company’s first major artificial intelligence model in over a year under new AI chief Alexandr Wang. Meta (NASDAQ: META) shares climbed as much as 9% after the announcement,

Meta debuted its first major large language model, Muse Spark, spearheaded by chief AI officer Alexandr Wang, who leads Meta Superintelligence Labs.

Meta Platforms Inc. debuted its latest artificial intelligence model Wednesday its first since Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg embarked on a multibillion-dollar overhaul of the company AI organization to keep pace with rivals.

Meta Platforms, Inc. has pushed back against reports stating that CEO Mark Zuckerberg sidelined Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang. Meta Denies Reports Of AI Leadership Shake-Up On Monday, Meta spokesperson Andy Stone took to X and dismissed reports suggesting Zuckerberg had pushed aside Wang following the creation of a new applied AI engineering group.

Meta paid billions to bring billionaire AI prodigy Alexandr Wang on board — but the tech wunderkind now privately believes CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s micromanagement of the company’s AI push is “suffocating,” according to a bombshell report.

As Meta Platforms prepares to release its first new AI models developed under Alexandr Wang, founder and CEO at Scale AI, it could initially offer few versions with an open-source license.

Meta’s first large language model under AI chief Alexandr Wang rolled out Wednesday, to eventually reach Instagram and Facebook.

Under Alexandr Wang, the company is considering a partial open approach, meaning not all components of these models will be released publicly at the same time