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AI engineering, October 15, 2026

Meta opens Muse Wonder developer access, GlobalFoundries readies New York fabs, Anthropic ships Haiku 5.5 across clouds, Liquid AI releases LFM2.5-24B-A2B

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October 15, 2026
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Haiku 5.5 hides its thinking text by default. Those tokens still count toward your usage.

Meanwhile, Meta opens Muse Wonder to developers through an SDK and pay-as-you-go API. GlobalFoundries was selected to build and operate two new fabs in Malta, New York, as part of a $21 billion US-Japan initiative.

If you read one thing today: Anthropic's Haiku 5.5 rollout. Use its migration details to update your thinking controls and message handling before switching to claude-haiku-5-5.

Key takeaways

  1. 01Muse Wonder costs $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens.
  2. 02Active Focus tries alternative approaches when a task runs into obstacles.
  3. 03Artificial Analysis scored Muse Wonder at 52 and Muse Wonder Full at 56 on its Intelligence Index at the highest reasoning setting. Gemini 4 Argon scored 53, while Muse Wonder Full tied Claude Sonnet 5.5 for second place at evaluation time.
  4. 04Artificial Analysis found both versions used about 10% fewer output tokens than Muse Spark.

Top News · Reported · thelec.net

Muse Wonder gives you access to Meta's latest agent-focused model through an SDK or pay-as-you-go API. Its Active Memory retains and retrieves context from earlier conversations.

Here's what you get:

  • Muse Wonder costs $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens.
  • Active Focus tries alternative approaches when a task runs into obstacles.
  • Artificial Analysis scored Muse Wonder at 52 and Muse Wonder Full at 56 on its Intelligence Index at the highest reasoning setting. Gemini 4 Argon scored 53, while Muse Wonder Full tied Claude Sonnet 5.5 for second place at evaluation time.
  • Artificial Analysis found both versions used about 10% fewer output tokens than Muse Spark.

One catch: Muse Wonder Full has no standalone API or SDK for external access. It is restricted to Meta's dedicated environment, with access through a paid Muse Code subscription.

Sources: thelec.net

Top News · Reported · datacenterdynamics.com

GlobalFoundries is preparing to build and operate two new chip fabs at its Malta, New York, site under a $21 billion US-Japan initiative. The first site is permitted and shovel-ready, with construction expected to begin later this year.

Here's what is planned:

  • The two facilities are expected to produce around 900,000 300mm wafers annually.
  • Japan will fund the expansion, with an initial $10 billion for the first fab and a further $10 billion investment package planned for the second.
  • GlobalFoundries will reallocate $995 million from its existing CHIPS and Science Act award to silicon photonics, silicon-germanium, and advanced packaging in Malta and Burlington, Vermont.

One catch: The first fab is expected to come online in 2029.

Sources: datacenterdynamics.com

Top News

Haiku 5.5 is Anthropic's model for high-volume, latency-sensitive work. It is available through the Claude API, Amazon Bedrock, Claude Platform on AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Foundry.

Here's what changed:

  • Haiku 5.5 supports a 1M-token context window and up to 128k output tokens.
  • Adaptive thinking is enabled by default, with effort controls. Set thinking.display to "summarized" to receive thinking text, which counts toward token usage.
  • OpenTelemetry export is in beta for tracing Messages API requests and Managed Agents sessions.
  • Scheduled Claude Managed Agents deployments are available on Claude Platform on AWS.

One catch: Migration requires checking existing calls. Manual extended thinking, some sampling parameters, assistant message prefill, and the older computer-use tool can return 400 errors. Haiku 5.5 also lacks structured outputs on Bedrock.

Try it: Use claude-haiku-5-5 through the Claude API.

Sources: platform.claude.com

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