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Muse Image (and Muse Video preview)

Meta · 7 July 2026

Meta's first in-house image model behaves as an agent (code, web search, self-critique); Muse Video shown as early preview.

Ends reliance on licensed outside image models inside Meta apps. Muse Image reflects on and edits its own output, supports multi-reference composition, and ranks #2 on Arena image tasks per Meta; Muse Video ranks #3 text-to-video but has audio-sync and fast-motion gaps.

Date
Tuesday, 7 July 2026
Lab
Meta
Kind
model
Access
app only

Figures

MeasureValueMeasured by
Arena rank (as of 2026-07-05)Muse Image #2 (text-to-image, edits); Muse Video #3 (text-to-video)
Meta-reported leaderboard snapshot
third-party

TechCrunch reports privacy pushback over tagging public Instagram profiles to generate images of them (default-on, opt-out). Muse Video was not generally available as of the sources opened.

Sources

  1. ai.meta.com/blog/introducing-muse-image-muse-video-msl/
  2. techcrunch.com/2026/07/07/meta-rolls-out-muse-a-new-ai-image-generator/

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