Morning Edition · Sunday, August 2, 2026Published at 1:44 AM EDT · New York
Meta Superintelligence Labs Ships Its First In-House Image and Video Generators
Muse Image took second place in three Arena categories for text-to-image and editing. Muse Video ranked third on the text-to-video leaderboard behind Google and ByteDance.
Meta introduced Muse Image and Muse Video, the first media generation models built by Meta Superintelligence Labs. Muse Image, the company says, follows instructions faithfully, edits with precision, composes from multiple references, and d…
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Generative Media Moves Into Production Design Workflows
Generative image and video models increasingly compete on editable, production-ready output that slots into professional design pipelines rather than on standalone image quality.
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