image generation
Midjourney V8.2
Midjourney's default image model since 24 Jul 2026; adds an Edit Model replacing Omni Reference, Character Reference and Retexture. Midjourney is sued by Disney and Universal (Jun 2025) and Warner Bros. Discovery (Sep 2025).
Levelmodel
Classimage generation
Parametersnot in the notes
Contextnot in the notes
Released24 Jul 2026
Opennessproprietary
Runs onnot in the notes
Statusactive
Lineage
successor
Midjourney V8.1 is the parent (successor)high confidencenotesWhere this comes from
Parent and child relations from model cards, Hugging Face base_model fields and the genealogy tables of the research notes. The tree shows two generations each way, 3 models. Confidence and evidence are the notes' own.
R&D Topics
Identity
- Developer
- Midjourney
- Family
- Midjourney
- Released
- 24 Jul 2026 sourcesinferred from page
- Weights published
- –
- Record checked
- 10 Oct 2026
Where this comes from
Developer and dates from the research notes. Release date is the vendor's public announcement; weights date is when open weights were published.
Architecture and Size
- Architecture
- not in the notes
- Total parameters
- – sources
- Active parameters
- –
- Checkpoint parameters
- –
- Context length
- not in the notes
- Input
- text
- Output
- image
Where this comes from
Parameter counts as the developer states them. Where the checkpoint holds a different total, both are shown (register A16).
Openness and Access
- Openness
- proprietary
- Licence
- Proprietary sources
- Access routes
- consumer app
Where this comes from
The licence file governs over registry tags and aggregator labels.
Deployment
- Runs on
- not in the notes
- Footprint
- Cloud only; web app and Discord
- Runtimes
- not in the notes
Where this comes from
Deployment tiers and runtimes as named in the notes. Footprint is the notes' figure, not a measurement by AURION.
Indonesia
- Indonesian support
- not stated
- Regional languages
- not in the notes
- Jakarta hosting
- unknown
- Languages
- not in the notes
Where this comes from
Indonesia fields are carried on every model; unknown is an allowed value.
Benchmark Results
The notes record no benchmark result for this model.
Industry Use Cases
No industry use case links this model.
Links
DeveloperMidjourneystartup, USA
Midjourneystartup, USAModelMidjourney V8.2Midjourney, image generation
Midjourney V8.2Midjourney, image generationR&D TopicsText-to-Image Foundation Models (Diffusion and Flow Transformers)Instruction-Based Image Editing and Inpainting
Use Casesnone recorded
Who Runs Itnone recorded
Models 2
Organisations 1
Sources
- Version docs.midjourney.com https://docs.midjourney.com/docs/models
- Midjourney - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midjourney
To cite this page: Project AURION, AI Use-Cases Research & Innovation, "Midjourney V8.2", https://aurion.semai.id/models/midjourney-v8-2/, records of October 2026.