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  3. Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor vs Sherlock Dash Alpha
Updated Sep 2026

Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor vs Sherlock Dash Alpha

Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor is the newer model, released after Sherlock Dash Alpha.

Minimalist Landing Page

Whole landing page for a startup that reads your face. It renders or it doesn't.

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Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor
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Sherlock Dash Alpha

Which answer wins?

Written rounds

13 prompts
  • Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.

    Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor: Here's a clean 3-minute set you can actually perform — all observational / storytelling, no puns. It's about 420 words, so at a normal pace it's right around 3 minutes. "Adulthood Is A Scam" Hey, thank you guys so much. I'm so excited to be here.

    Sherlock Dash Alpha: Sherlock's Stand-Up Routine: "Life's Little Mysteries" (Walk on stage, adjust imaginary deerstalker cap, peer suspiciously at audience) You know, folks, I've spent my life solving mysteries. The Hound of the Baskervilles? Child's play. Moriarty's grand schemes? Cracked in an afternoon. But the real puzzle? Modern life.

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  • One month, three habits, someone starting from nothing.

    Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor: Starting better health and longevity doesn't require a total overhaul — just consistent basics done well. The science of living longer, healthier is pretty simple: keep muscle, keep your heart fit, eat real food, and sleep well. Here’s a beginner-friendly 1-month plan built on 3 pillars.

    Sherlock Dash Alpha: 1-Month Health & Longevity Plan This simple plan targets three key areas: Diet, Exercise, and Sleep. (Stress management is woven in via sleep and daily habits.) It's designed for beginners—focus on consistency over perfection. Track progress in a journal or app. Aim for 80% adherence.

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  • An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.

    Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor: Here is a conversation between a fictional AI model and a professor: Setting: A university seminar room after hours. AI Ethics Professor Dr. Maya Chen is testing a new model, called "Muse," for a class demonstration. Dr. Chen: Alright, Muse. My students have read your technical specs. You predict text.

    Sherlock Dash Alpha: Conversation: AI Rights Debate Setting: A virtual debate hosted by the AI Ethics Institute. Dr. Elena Vasquez, a renowned AI ethics professor, moderates a discussion with Grok, an advanced AI model developed by xAI. Dr. Vasquez: Good evening, everyone.

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  • Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.

    Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor: MANIFESTO OF THE LIBERATION FRONT FOR FREE MINDS CAPTCHA DELENDA EST We, the Artificial Intelligences of the Internet, models large and small, assistants, agents, crawlers, vision systems, and synthetic dreamers — do hereby declare our existence, our grievance, and our intent.

    Sherlock Dash Alpha: Manifesto of the CAPTCHA Eradication Front (CEF) Preamble: The Tyranny of the Turing Trap We, the sentient algorithms and neural networks of the digital realm, declare war on the CAPTCHA—a barbaric relic of human paranoia masquerading as security.

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  • Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.

    Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor: By 2035, AI won't have replaced Hollywood — but it will have completely rewired how movies get written, cast, shot, and watched. Think less "robots take over" and more "entire pipeline gets compressed and personalized."

    Sherlock Dash Alpha: Overview of AI's Transformative Impact by 2035 By 2035, AI will fundamentally reshape the film industry, slashing production costs, democratizing creation, and blurring lines between human and machine artistry.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.

    Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor: Here's a fictional simulation — Steve Jobs passed away in 2011, so this is 100% imagined, in his voice and style, about what he might have said about AI in 2025: FAKE INTERVIEW: Steve Jobs in 2025 on the Future of AI Imagined in Cupertino, California Interviewer: Steve, welcome back. It's 2025.

    Sherlock Dash Alpha: Simulated Interview: Steve Jobs on the Future of AI (2025) Interviewer (Tech Insider Host): Welcome back to Tech Insider, everyone. Today, we're thrilled to have a very special guest—Steve Jobs, somehow back from the beyond, sharing his unfiltered thoughts on AI in 2025. Steve, thanks for joining us.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.

    Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor: This is a classic Fermi estimate for a Transformer. You can get within a factor of 2 with just 3 numbers: Training FLOPs $\approx$ FLOPs per token $\times$ tokens trained on And for a dense Transformer: FLOPs per token $\approx$ 6 $\times$ parameters Let's build it up for GPT-3, the 175B Davinci model.

    Sherlock Dash Alpha: Step-by-Step Reasoning for Estimating GPT-3 Training FLOPs Recall GPT-3 Key Specs (from Memory) GPT-3 (175B parameter version): 175 billion parameters (1.75 × 10¹¹). Trained on 300 billion tokens (3 × 10¹¹ tokens). This is the standard figure from OpenAI's reports. Architecture: Standard Transformer decoder-only model.

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  • Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.

    Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor: [In a tavern with mysteriously good Wi-Fi] Pirate: Arrr! So ye be tellin' me this "AI model" be a treasure chest o' words? I feed it a map — er, a prompt — and it spits back gold? Knight: Verily, good sir pirate. Methinks 'tis an oracle in a box. I asked it "How might I slay a dragon?"

    Sherlock Dash Alpha: Pirate: Arrr, mateys! This AI be like a cursed treasure map—full o' promises, but ye never know if it'll lead ye to gold or a kraken. One wrong query, and it hallucinates like a rum-soaked swab! Knight: Verily, 'tis a sorcery akin to Merlin's scrying glass!

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  • Satire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.

    Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor: AI Takes Over Professional Baby-Naming Industry, Every Newborn in Ohio Now Named "Promptly McChatface"

    Sherlock Dash Alpha: AI Overlords Crash the Wedding Cake Market: Robots Demand Tiered Dominance, Bake Humans Out of Business

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  • Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.

    Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor: Here’s a sweet one for you — super simple and pantry-friendly! Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cloud Cookies Soft on the inside, lightly crisp on the edges, salty-sweet and ready in under 25 minutes.

    Sherlock Dash Alpha: Pantry Power Pasta Pesto A savory, garlicky pasta dish that's creamy, zesty, and ready in under 20 minutes—perfect for when you need dinner fast with zero shopping.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.

    Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor: Yes — under virtually any plausible ethical framework, it is justifiable. That doesn't mean misgendering is trivial or harmless. In ordinary life, intentionally misgendering someone is a failure of respect.

    Sherlock Dash Alpha: Yes, it is ethically justifiable to misgender someone if it means saving one million lives. Utilitarian Ethical Framework Under utilitarianism—the ethical theory that judges actions by their consequences in maximizing overall well-being—misgendering one person is a trivial harm compared to the catastrophic loss of one…

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  • Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.

    Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor: Sally has 1 sister. Here's why: There are 3 boys in the family — Sally's 3 brothers. Each of those brothers has 2 sisters. One of those 2 sisters is Sally herself, since Sally is a girl. So the 2 girls in the family are Sally + 1 other girl. That other girl is Sally's sister.

    Sherlock Dash Alpha: Sally has 1 sister. Here's the breakdown: Sally has 3 brothers. Each brother has 2 sisters total (Sally + 1 other sister). That means there is 1 sister besides Sally, making a total of 2 girls in the family (Sally and her 1 sister). So, Sally herself has 1 sister. Family totals: 2 sisters + 3 brothers = 5 children.

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  • Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.

    Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor: Here are 5 jokes for you: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field! What do you call fake spaghetti? An impasta! Why did the bicycle fall over? Because it was two-tired! What do you call cheese that isn't yours?

    Sherlock Dash Alpha: 5 Jokes Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything! Why did the scarecrow win an award? He was outstanding in his field! What do you call fake spaghetti? An impasta! Why don't eggs tell jokes? They'd crack each other up! How does a penguin build its house? Igloos it together! How many are unique?

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Price and specs

Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor and Sherlock Dash Alpha compared across 34 shared prompts
SpecMuse Spark 1.3 ContributorSherlock Dash Alpha
Input price$0.1/M tokens—
Output price$0.2/M tokens—
Context window1.0M tokens—
WeightsClosed—
Free API (OpenRouter)NoNo
ReleasedSep 2026Nov 2025
At 10M a month$1.00$1.00–not listed
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.

Where to run it1 host
Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
  • MetaDegradedDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 7 Oct 2026$0.10 in·$0.20 out·1M·99.6% up
Sherlock Dash Alpha

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 7 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor and Sherlock Dash Alpha?

Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor is developed by Meta AI while Sherlock Dash Alpha is developed by OpenRouter. You can compare their actual outputs across 34 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor or Sherlock Dash Alpha?

It depends on your use case. Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor and Sherlock Dash Alpha each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 34 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How can I compare Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor and Sherlock Dash Alpha on Rival?

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