Muse Image 1.0 — Meta's Agentic Image Model That Plans and Self-Refines
Muse Image 1.0, released by Meta Superintelligence Labs in July 2026, is an agentic image model: it can plan, use tools such as code for charts and QR codes, check its own output and refine it. It debuted at #2 in the Image Arena and adds Content Seal provenance.
- Meta Superintelligence Labs
- Agentic: plans, uses tools, self-refines
- #2 in the Image Arena
- Lowest price per image here
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Why Muse Image 1.0 Is a Great AI Image Generator
Muse is a smart, cheap generator for prompts with logic — exact counts, charts, QR codes, labeled diagrams — where a normal model might guess.
Agentic workflow
Plans the image and checks the result before returning it.
Uses tools
Can write code for plots, charts and QR codes.
Arena-proven
#2 in the Image Arena at launch.
Provenance
Images carry Meta's Content Seal watermark.
What Muse Image 1.0 can do
Text to image
Square 1:1 images at 1K.
Precise details
Counts, positions and labels come out right more often.
Very low price
One of the cheapest models here.
1K output
Choose 1K, in 1:1 format.
Text-only, no setup
Everything starts from a prompt — no reference images or settings to wrangle.
Up to 4 images per run
Generate 1–4 variations at once and keep the best; each image is billed and refunded on its own.
Use cases
Starting points you can copy into the generator above.
| Use case | Good for | Example prompt |
|---|---|---|
| Labeled diagrams | Logic-heavy images. | A labeled diagram of a plant cell with 6 parts: nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplast, vacuole, cell wall, membrane |
| Exact counts | Specific quantities. | Exactly seven red balloons and three blue balloons tied to a park bench |
| Simple charts | Data visuals. | A clean bar chart showing coffee sales Monday to Friday: 40, 55, 50, 70, 90 |
| Fun social art | Creative everyday images. | A corgi wearing a tiny chef hat flipping pancakes in a sunny kitchen |
Muse Image 1.0 in 3 steps
- 1
Write a prompt
Describe subject, style, light and any text in quotes.
- 2
Pick size, aspect ratio and count
Choose the resolution, aspect ratio and 1–4 images. The credit cost is shown before you submit.
- 3
Generate and keep your results
Images appear in the generator and are saved to My works. Anything that fails is refunded automatically.
X Posts About Muse Image 1.0 — Meta's Agentic Image Model That Plans and Self-Refines
- AI at Meta@AIatMeta
Introducing Muse Image and Muse Video, the first media generation models developed by Meta Superintelligence Labs. Muse Image is our most advanced image generation model yet. It follows instructions faithfully, edits with precision, composes from multiple references, and draws… pic.twitter.com/byNpQZO1RW
View on X - AI at Meta@AIatMeta
Muse Image works as an agent rather than a direct prompt-to-image model: it invokes tools, self-refines, improves with scaled test-time compute, and pairs with Muse Spark for collaborative media generation. 🧵👇 https://t.co/kftRoTgq6W pic.twitter.com/zh7jHcM6Jl
View on X - AI at Meta@AIatMeta
Muse Image writes and executes code to nail precise details like plots and QR codes, and teams up with Muse Spark to produce websites with embedded images and playable visual games. Explore this thread: https://t.co/84yen27fAl pic.twitter.com/RYePfVloCo
View on X - Arena.ai@arena
Exciting news: Meta’s Muse Image just claimed #2 in the Image Arena! Muse Image from @AIatMeta now ranks second only to OpenAI's GPT Image 2, outperforming Nano Banana, Grok Imagine, MAI Image, and many other leading image models. It holds #2 across the board: Text-to-Image,… https://t.co/46ugzuajF7 pic.twitter.com/577214iiqj
View on X - Artificial Analysis@ArtificialAnlys
Meta's Muse Image debuts at #4 on the Artificial Analysis Image Editing Leaderboard and takes #5 in Text to Image, including a position on the Pareto frontier for quality vs price Muse Image is the first image model from Meta Superintelligence Labs, launched in Meta AI in July… pic.twitter.com/nA3re3hwL3
View on X - Meta Newsroom@MetaNewsroom
Today, we’re introducing Muse Image: our first image generation model from Meta’s Superintelligence Labs. It uses advanced reasoning to understand prompts and lets you turn your ideas into high-quality, relevant visuals that you can share directly to your chat, story, or feed.…
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Frequently asked questions
Muse can plan, call tools such as code, look at its draft and fix mistakes before giving you the final image.
Square 1:1 at 1K, text-to-image only.
4 credits per image. The exact cost is shown before you submit, and failed generations are refunded automatically.
1K; aspect ratio 1:1.
No. Muse Image 1.0 is developed by Meta Superintelligence Labs; Nano Banana is an independent service that runs it through a model provider.
Ready to Meet Muse?
Meta’s image model for quick, imaginative 1K pictures at a low price.
- Up to 1K output
- Free credits on sign-up
- Failed outputs refunded
