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Meta Releases Muse Code Beta Programming Agent

The developer tool packages one-command installation with per-token pay-as-you-go pricing while giving teams a cheaper data-contributing tier and a zero-data-retention option that addresses enterprise privacy needs.

Overview

  • Meta published Muse Code in a preview beta as a developer-facing programming agent that Meta says automates end-to-end software tasks including planning, writing, and verifying code.
  • Meta says developers can install the agent with a single command and run it across common engineering workflows to speed coding and CI/CD tasks.
  • The company published tokenized pricing that charges $1.25 per 1 million input tokens and $4.25 per 1 million output tokens for pay-as-you-go access.
  • A lower-cost 'contributor tier' offers substantially cheaper access in exchange for allowing Meta to use third-party developer data to improve models, and Meta is separately accepting requests for zero-data-retention to prevent data being used for training.
  • The project is led by Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang and was developed alongside Muse Spark 1.2; Meta positions the product as a rival to OpenAI and Anthropic but the preview release means performance, stability, and adoption still need to be proven in wider use.