Muse Image

Model ● Covered in 4 stories + Follow

Muse Image is Meta's generative AI model for creating and editing images, launched across Meta AI app, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook. The model ranks second on Arena's human-preference Elo rankings for text-to-image and image editing tasks as of July 2026, performing below OpenAI's GPT Image 2 but outperforming Google's Nano Banana 2. Meta withdrew an initial feature allowing manipulation of public Instagram photos within 72 hours due to abuse concerns, particularly regarding non-consensual image editing in regions like South Asia.

Updated 8 August 2026

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Latest developments

The problem AI content moderation cannot solve Rest of World · 2 months ago · 54

Introducing Muse Image and Muse Video Meta AI · 17

Meta enters AI image model race in bid to court advertisers and subscribers CNBC · 2 months ago · 4

Meta rolled out Muse Image across Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta AI Meta Newsroom · 2 months ago · 11

Timeline

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2026

Meta releases Muse Spark multimodal reasoning model and Muse Image/Video generation models Model release

Meta deploys Muse Image generative AI model across Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta AI Product launch

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Meta develops this model · 4 sources
Meta deploys this model · 1 source

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