The partnership with Midjourney ties directly into Meta’s goals for AI imagery across its services. The Meta AI app is built around a feed of AI-generated images and videos. Facebook has added a button to create AI images when you go to make a new post. There are options to generate AI images within chats in WhatsApp and Instagram, too.

Meta's chief AI officer said that the company is partnering with Midjourney to license its AI image and video model technology.

Meta Platforms is “investing more and more” into its artificial-intelligence efforts according to chief AI officer Alexandr Wang.

Meta froze AI hiring to reorganize its superintelligence lab after months of luring talent with lavish offers.

The freeze went into effect last week, and it’s not clear how long it will last, The Journal’s sources say. Meta is still likely working through its reorg, which split its AI unit, Meta Superintelligence Labs,

According to the Times report on Tuesday, Meta is overhauling its newly formed Superintelligence Lab, by breaking it up into four smaller teams. The teams will reportedly focus on AI research, developing superintelligence (a form of AI more advanced than human intelligence), AI products, and AI infrastructure such as data centers, the Times said.

The Meta logo marks the entrance of its corporate headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on Nov. 9, 2022. Facebook owner Meta plans to lay off more than 11,000 of its staff in “the most difficult changes we’ve made in Meta’s history,” CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Aug. 20, 2025.

Meta has signed a deal with generative AI lab Midjourney to license the startup's "aesthetic technology" for the social media company's future models and products.

Meta Platforms Inc. struck a new partnership with artificial intelligence image and video generator Midjourney Inc., giving the tech giant access to the startup’s “aesthetic technology” for its models and products.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is betting big on small, elite AI teams, like the secretive TBD Lab led by Alexandr Wang, to develop advanced AI models. This