Meta is going to stuff Midjourney AI images into your feed

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has announced a partnership with Midjourney, a popular AI image generation platform. The partnership involves a "technical collaboration" between the two companies' research teams, allowing Meta to leverage Midjourney's "aesthetic technology" for its own models and products. The move is part of Meta's broader efforts to invest heavily in AI "superintelligence" to catch up with rivals like OpenAI and Google. Meta has been actively recruiting top AI researchers, including Alexandr Wang, who recently joined the company after it acquired a 49% stake in his previous company, Scale AI. The partnership with Midjourney is expected to directly impact Meta's AI-powered features, such as the Meta AI app's social feed and the ability to create AI-generated images within Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram. Midjourney's expertise in AI image and video generation will likely be used to improve the quality and aesthetics of these features. While the details of the arrangement have not been disclosed, both companies have expressed their enthusiasm for the collaboration. Midjourney will remain an independent, community-backed research lab, according to its founder and CEO, David Holz.