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Muse (Microsoft Research WHAM)

Muse (Microsoft Research WHAM) is a model family from Microsoft Research1 2, with 1 assessed release in this catalog. Licenses and availability are recorded for each release, not for the family; its releases use the Microsoft Research License Terms.

Muse is Microsoft Research's name for its World and Human Action Model (WHAM), a generative model of gameplay trained on human play data from the Xbox game Bleeding Edge. It can generate game visuals, controller actions, or both. It was developed by Microsoft Research's Game Intelligence and Teachable AI Experiences teams with Ninja Theory.1 2

Release notes: Microsoft Research announcement (external site: microsoft.com)
Model hub: WHAM on Hugging Face (external site: huggingface.co)
Paper: Nature paper (external site: nature.com)

On AI on Hugging Face: microsoft/wham

Last reviewedSep 29, 2026Entry updated Sep 29, 2026Documented release Feb 19, 2025

Releases assessed

Each release is assessed on its own. This family has no family-wide openness label.

Releases in the Muse (Microsoft Research WHAM) family
Release	Weights	Tier (USASI rubric v0.2)	License	Released
WHAM 1.6B (Muse)	Weights: Public	Model-disclosure tier (USASI rubric v0.2): Open-weight	Microsoft Research License Terms	Feb 19, 2025

What it is useful for

Microsoft describes it as a research model for exploring how generative AI can support gameplay ideation. The model card says it is intended for academic research only.1 2

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Microsoft

U.S. eligibility

Project eligibility rests on documented governing or maintaining entities, not on contributors.

Eligible · basis: U.S. headquarters

Developed by Microsoft Research, part of Microsoft Corporation, which lists Redmond, Washington as its address on its Form 10-K cover page.1 3

Assessed Sep 29, 2026

Sources

1.
Introducing Muse: Our first generative AI model designed for gameplay ideation (external site: microsoft.com)
Microsoft Research · Announcement · published Feb 19, 2025 · accessed Sep 29, 2026
2.
World and Human Action Model (WHAM) model card (microsoft/wham) (external site: huggingface.co)
Microsoft (Hugging Face) · Model card · accessed Sep 29, 2026
3.
Microsoft Corporation Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026 (external site: sec.gov)
Microsoft Corporation (U.S. SEC filing) · Filing · published Jul 29, 2026 · accessed Sep 29, 2026

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@misc{usasi_microsoft_muse,
  author = {{USASI}},
  title = {Muse (Microsoft Research WHAM)},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  howpublished = {\url{https://unitedstatesofamericasuperintelligence.com/open/microsoft-muse/}},
  note = {United States of America Superintelligence. Last updated 2026-09-29}
}

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