OpenAI has unveiled a newAItool that turns text into images and the results are stunning.
Named DALL-E 2, the system is the successor toa model unveiled last year.
While its predecessor generated some impressive outputs, the new version is a major upgrade.
DALL-E-2 adds enhanced textual comprehension, faster image generation, and four times greater resolution.
Inpainting makes edits to an existing image by analyzing a natural language caption.
It can add and remove components, while integrating the expected changes to shadows, reflections, and textures.
New images are generated through a process called diffusion.
This begins with a pattern of random dots.
The system then gradually transforms the pattern into a picture when it recognizes specific aspects of that image.
Some of DALL-E 2s creations look almost too good to be true.
Yet the researchers say the system tends to generate visually coherent images for most captions that people try.
This can be helpful for achieving a desired style or aesthetic.
DALL-E 2s potential uses are vast.
Commercial artists may be nervous about their future employment prospects.
In recent years, weve also seen artists use AI to create new kinds of art.
Created with DALLE 2 by@OpenAI
Prompt:“Mona Lisa is drinking wine with da Vinci.”
// Even if we don’t see Maestro, the composition is perfect.
Note the horizontal level of liquid in the glass.
They plan to integrate safeguards that prevent the system from generatingdeceptive and otherwise harmful content.
In addition, DALLE 2 inherits various biases from its training data and its outputs sometimes reinforce societal stereotypes.
DALL-E may also boost our understanding of how AI sees the world.
OpenAI hopes this helps them create systems that benefit humanity and arent manipulated to foster hatred and deception.
Story byThomas Macaulay
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He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).
