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

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

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 has signed a partnership with Midjourney, an AI service that can generate images and videos from text prompts.

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,

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 Platforms has paused hiring in its artificial intelligence division after bringing on more than 50 researchers and engineers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon's spending in particular has cut into cash flows.

Meta Platforms has paused hiring for its AI division, ending a spending spree that saw the company acquire a wave of high-priced AI researchers and engineers.