Zuckerberg says Meta has caught up to AI rivals (thanks to wunderkind) - AFR

Hannah Murphy Updated Oct 13, 2026 – 1.40pm , first published at 11.00am Mark Zuckerberg says Meta has caught up with rivals at the “frontier” of artificial intelligence, committing to further vast spending to challenge Anthropic and OpenAI and downplaying warnings about the risks of the technology running out of control. Speaking with the Financial Times as Meta releases its Muse Wonder AI model on Monday (Tuesday AEDT), the billionaire chief executive claims the new system is “going to allow much more sophisticated behaviours that are at the frontier of what is being done in the AI field”. Loading... Financial Times Save Log in or Subscribe to save article Share Copy link Copied Email LinkedIn Twitter Facebook Copy link Copied Share via... Gift this article Subscribe to gift this article Gift articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe now Already a subscriber? Login Read More AI Meta Mark Zuckerberg Anthropic OpenAI Trump's White House Donald Trump Fetching latest articles