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📅 Midjourney Office Hours 2026-08-05

Edit Model

• Primary engineering focus remains the new Edit model.
• Testing has begun with Guides and Moderators.
• Initial feedback is generally positive, but improvements are already in progress.
• A significantly improved iteration is planned next, with ongoing quality improvements expected after release.
• The team considers the investment worthwhile despite temporarily slowing work on other initiatives.

V9 Development

• A V9 candidate model is currently training in parallel.
• It is not yet confirmed whether this exact training run will become the released V9.
• Current goal is a low-risk, incremental upgrade over V8.

Create Experience

• A redesigned Create interface is in development.
• It uses new algorithms positioned somewhere between Personalization and Style Explorer.
• Early prototypes are encouraging and represent a major rethink of the creation workflow.
• The goal is a substantially different creation experience.

Personalization

• A possible issue affecting 8.2 Personalization profiles is under investigation.
• The team believes there may be subtle behavioral differences or bugs.