Meta’s Game-Changing Move: Taps Midjourney to Supercharge AI Images Across All Apps

Meta just dropped a bombshell—partnering with AI imaging powerhouse Midjourney to integrate hyper-realistic generative art across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

Why It Matters

This isn’t just another feature drop. Meta’s betting big on AI to keep users hooked, create viral content, and maybe—just maybe—distract from those pesky metaverse losses. Midjourney’s tech will let users generate stunning visuals with a simple prompt, turning every post into a potential masterpiece.

The Finance Jab

Because nothing says 'innovation' like throwing AI at the wall and hoping advertisers bite. Cynics might call it a desperate move to juice engagement metrics, but hey—if it pumps the stock, who’s complaining?

Bottom line: Meta’s not playing around. They’re all-in on AI, and this partnership could redefine how we create—and consume—content online.

Meta brings in another Apple AI expert amid hiring freeze

According to people with knowledge of the situation, the company is bringing aboard another senior Apple AI leader after Cryptopolitan reported that the company prepares to slow hiring. Frank Chu, who has led Apple teams focused on cloud infrastructure, training, and search, will join Meta Superintelligence Labs, or MSL, the people said.

At Apple, Chu helped operate large language models on the company’s cloud servers, oversaw parts of model training, and contributed to search features for Siri and Apple’s entertainment services.

Chu is at least the sixth Apple AI-models staffer to head to Meta. The departures began in July, when Ruoming Pang, who created Apple’s models team, left for a $200 million package at Meta. Since then, AI engineers Tom Gunter, Mark Lee, Bowen Zhang, and Yun Zhu have also departed for Meta.

Aside from Pang, Chu is the most notable exit given his remit and seniority. He served as a lieutenant to Benoit Dupin, Apple’s executive overseeing AI infrastructure, who reports to John Giannandrea, Apple’s AI strategy chief.

Chu is slated to join a new unit called MSL Infra responsible for AI infrastructure at Meta. Earlier this week, Meta reorganized its AI organization into four groups, all reporting to Wang.

Meta’s AI talent raid undermines Apple’s efforts

In a memo to hiring managers, the company wrote the pause “will allow leadership to thoughtfully plan our 2026 headcount growth, as we work through our strategy.” The memo also said, “Alex’s staff will evaluate any business critical hires on a case by case basis.”

Wang, however, said in a social media post Thursday that Meta is “investing more and more into Meta Superintelligence Labs.”

For Apple, the departures add turbulence to an AI push already trying to make up ground. The company has delayed a high-profile Siri update.

Following a leadership shake-up, Apple is weighing the use of third-party AI models for the voice assistant instead of relying solely on its own technology. That shift, together with Pang’s exit, unsettled Apple’s AI models team and accelerated the talent drain.

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