Meta launches image generation model with coding, search capabilities

Meta Platforms Inc. today debuted an image generation model that can write code and search the web.

Muse Image is the second algorithm released to date by Meta Superintelligence Labs, the company’s artificial intelligence research group. The first is the Muse Spark large language model that made its debut in April. Both algorithms are available through the Meta AI chatbot.

Muse Image can generate images based on highly detailed, multi-sentence user prompts. It’s also capable of editing existing photos. Users can have the model remove elements such as fog, change the camera angle and perform other changes. The Meta AI chatbot provides the option to refine Muse Image’s output by uploading a sketch that explains what edits it should make.

Under the hood, the algorithm shares several similarities with reasoning-optimized LLMs. The perhaps most notable is that it features a tool use capability.