Meta launches Muse Wonder models for agents
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Meta releases Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full for agentic tasks (2 min read) Meta has introduced Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, which it calls its most capable models to date. It says they deliver state-of-the-art performance on personal and professional agentic tasks, including law, finance, health and coding. The models add "Active Memory," which carries context across conversations, and "Active Focus," which keeps them working through hard tasks. Muse Wonder is available now through the Meta Model API and Muse Code, and a full safety report is due soon. Read more
DeepSeek reportedly plans to lead investment in ex-Tencent scientist's startup (5 min read) According to Bloomberg, DeepSeek intends to lead an investment in Winverse AI, founded by former Tencent scientist Hu Han. The round would raise tens of millions of US dollars at a post-investment valuation of about $400 million, with Meituan Longzhu also taking part. The deal has not closed, and Winverse has not made its product roadmap public. 36Kr reports that DeepSeek is also a rumoured investor in a startup from Yu Tao, formerly of LimX Dynamics, and that DeepSeek put about 141 million yuan into Unitree Robotics' IPO placement in August. Why it matters for Asia: China's DeepSeek is backing Chinese embodied-AI teams and robot makers, alongside Meituan's investment arm. Read more
Microsoft to scale Maia AI chips to multi-gigawatt deployments from 2027 (5 min read) Microsoft says its Maia 200 chip now serves production workloads, including Microsoft Copilot. GitHub Copilot and Microsoft Foundry will follow by the end of the year. Maia 300 arrives in 2027, and Microsoft expects it to deliver 40% more tokens per megawatt than leading GPU-based systems. Maia will become the primary inference system for Microsoft products. Why it matters for Asia: Maia 300's compute chiplets are built on TSMC's N2P process. Maia 200 is deploying in Australia, as well as the US and Europe. Read more
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