Adobe integrates image generator Firefly into Photoshop
Adobe integrates its Firefly AI image generator directly into Photoshop, allowing users to create images using text input and then edit them using familiar Photoshop tools.
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Meta’s impressive ChatGPT alternative Llama 3
Meta presents Llama 3, the latest generation of its speech models, which is freely available for download. The models are said to surpass the performance of many competitors and can even compete with some of the best proprietary models. Llama 3 is said to excel at multiple-choice questions, programming tasks, and mathematical problems. In addition …
Tested: Generative AI by iStock
There are many AI image generators. But they often have one problem: copyright. First, it is not always clear where the training material comes from. Second, it is not certain to what extent you can get into legal trouble with the generated images. Such image generators are often out of the question for companies and …
Snapchat adds watermark to Snap AI images
Snapchat is also focusing on greater transparency and stricter guidelines for the use of AI. Any image generated with Snap AI will be tagged with a new watermark. Source: TechCrunch
Glaze 2 protects artworks from AI scraping
The University of Chicago released Glaze 2. It is an improved version of their free tool to help artists protect their work from unauthorized AI scraping. Video protection is next.
Updates for image generator Ideogram
The AI image generator Ideogram has released several new features. One allows users to create images based on text descriptions of reference images. Negative prompts now help to avoid certain elements in an image. And speed mode options offer trade-offs between speed and image quality.
Google unveils new Enterprise AI offerings
Google unveiled a series of updates to its enterprise AI offerings at its annual cloud computing conference in Las Vegas. Despite recent troubles with consumer-facing tools, the company insisted the technology is safe and ready for enterprise use. Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian demonstrated how its most powerful AI model, Gemini, can be used for …
Generated images can now also be edited with Dall-E
A demo video on Twitter/X shows a function commonly known as “inpainting”: parts of the image can be selected with a brush tool and then changed by text command. Source: Axios
Midjourney adds feature for consistent characters
Until now, image generators like Midjourney have not been very helpful if you wanted to use a specific, fictitious person in several images. However, such consistency is essential for many applications. Think of comics or marketing materials. With Stable Diffusion, this can be solved with LoRAs. However, the technical effort is not trivial. Another option …
Jasper integrates Stability AI’s Clipdrop
San Francisco startup Jasper aims to provide the most comprehensive AI marketing assistant. And that includes not only creating and editing text, but also images and graphics. Stability AI acquired Clipdrop a year ago. Source: VentureBeat