EP 618 : Meta Muse Spark 1.3 & Google Gemini 3.8 Flash: New AI Models, Safety Loops & Productivity Tools
September is already buzzing with AI breakthroughs, and this episode dives into the headline‑making releases from Meta and Google, plus the latest safety debate at OpenAI. We start with Meta’s Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) – a 62‑score model that Zuckerberg calls “frontier performance almost too cheap to meter.” Hear why the upcoming “Watermelon” model could shake the industry and how Meta is opening its weights for the community. Then we shift to Google’s Gemini 3.8 Flash, a flash‑forward from the 2026 slump that keeps Gemini 3.7 pricing while climbing to a 59 on the Intelligence Index. DeepMind’s…
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