Meta is paying to peek at how you use their latest AI model

Most AI tools allow you to opt out of sharing your usage with the model provider to improve future versions. Meta has taken that idea and put a price tag on it. For its new Muse Spark model, intended for operating coding and other agents, Meta is offering an explicit discount averaging out to about 95% for users who contribute to the development of future models by sharing their prompts and model outputs. While 1 million input tokens under a standard agreement costs $1.25, under the contributor pricing model they cost just 10 cents. For output tokens, the standard price is $4.25 per million, but that same million costs just 20 cents under the contributor model. Meta has faced challenges trying to obtain training data for its agentic tools, a critical component for making autonomous capabilities function effectively. This comes as model builders increasingly deploy tools for use outside of software engineering, though evaluating them remains hindered by a lack of digital traces.