Artificial intelligence companies Stability AI and Midjourney Inc. are fierce competitors in the AI image generation space. The rivalry has allegedly boiled over into the dangerous and felonious realm of corporate espionage.
AI image generators are trained on millions -- even billions -- of photos. It is safe to assume the vast majority of these photos are copyrighted and used without permission.
It's getting harder and harder to distinguish between an AI image and a genuine photo. But there are still giveaways and one of them is that AI image generators struggle to produce coherent text.
There are many who say artificial intelligence is about to destroy photography as we know it -- but one photographer is using it to earn a little cash on the side.
In the wake of an already contentious election season, Midjourney might ban images of President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump.
A photographer whose name was found on a list of artists whose style the AI image generator Midjourney wanted to emulate tells PetaPixel that "creatives must be remunerated."
A photographer and graphic designer created a set of mind-blowing AI images of The Simpsons using the very latest text-to-image technology.
Court evidence has revealed a huge list of artists' names kept by Midjourney whose style the AI image generator allegedly wanted to copy. This list includes dozens of photographers.
Midjourney v6 is now available, and the upgraded model promises improved realism, the ability to create convincing text on an image, more specificity in prompts, and more.
For a long time Midjourney has been considered one of the very best AI image generators. But, it's only ever been available on Discord which put some people off using it.
Much of the focus on the potential hazards of generative AI technology has understandably been on how it impacts artists and copyright ownership, and how it could affect people's jobs and wages. New research shows that the dangers of generative AI go much further and may be catastrophic for the environment.
After The Washington Post published an article declaring that artificial intelligence images "amplify our worst stereotypes," PetaPixel has put together a bias comparison of the three major text-to-image generators.
A photographer has made an extensive test of image upscalers with AI image generator Midjourney topping the experiment in terms of image quality -- but with a caveat.
Viewers are questioning whether a "photograph" that appeared in the critically acclaimed Welcome to Wrexham documentary is a genuine historical photo or an artificial intelligence (AI) generated image.
An artist who rose to notoriety for winning first place in a fine art competition with an AI-generated image has had his application for protection rejected by the U.S. Copyright Office.
Despite AI image generators setting rules that certain pictures are not allowed to be created on their platform, a study has found users can easily circumvent these regulations.
Pope Francis has formally spoken out on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI), stating that the speed at which the technology is growing is having an increasing impact on humanity and thus requires "ethical reflection" to assure responsibility.
A photographer and artist created a set of "boring" AI images depicting unremarkable scenes that would be "quickly scrolled past on Facebook."
It's the biggest movie weekend of the year with both the Barbie and Oppenheiemer movies released at the same time, now some artificial intelligence (AI) magic has spliced the two together.
A filmmaker employed the artificial intelligence (AI) image generator Midjourney to make a surreal video edit of a music festival.
Midjourney keeps churning out new tools including a new panoramic feature allowing users to create wider scenes from generated images.
An artist who created AI images of politicians cheating on their spouses did so to warn of the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) -- but he was banned from Midjourney for it.
AI image generator Midjourney has launched its latest 5.2 version which has excited fans with its new "Zoom Out" feature allowing users to widen the field of view.
A photographer has used a variety of artificial intelligence (AI) and photo editing tools to imagine what the next James Bond could look like.
We have all marveled at the latest imagery artificial intelligence (A.I.) produced. This remarkable technological tool enables the swift creation of imagery by providing the algorithm with concise textual prompts.
A new social media app called Hotshot uses artificial intelligence (AI) to generate fake photos of users and their friends -- in any scenario that they want.
Artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer Dr. Geoffrey Hinton, 75, recently claimed that AI's threat to the world might be more urgent than climate change.
An AI image creator received a "pretty insane" and "extremely disappointing" message from Midjourney in response to a joke he made about having access to v6.
Artificial intelligence images have the potential to misinform the future. For the first time in the technological present, we are on the cusp of a life-and-art-altering explosion of intentionally created dis-informational imagery.
A series of artificial intelligence (AI) images of an "annual celebrity concrete eating contest" has taken the internet by storm, another bizarre result of opening the Pandora's box that is AI-generated "photos."
Artificially intelligent (AI) image generators Stable Diffusion and Midjourney have asked a U.S. federal court to dismiss a group of artists' class-action lawsuit against them -- arguing that that the AI-created pictures were not comparable to their work.
A man used Midjourney and ChatGPT to resurrect an artificial intelligence (AI) version of his late grandmother.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced Amazon Bedrock and numerous new services built on advanced artificial intelligence (AI) services. Amazon Bedrock is the company's new application programming interface (API) for developers to utilize Amazon's new generative AI tools.
Midjourney has announced a new "/describe" command that allows users to leverage the powerful artificial intelligence (AI) platform to transform images into words, upending Midjourney's typical procedure of converting text to images.
Midjourney does not allow users to generate pictures of Chinese President Xi Jinping on its platform -- the only world leader whose likeness is banned on the AI image generator.
Midjourney has ended free trials of its AI image generator citing "extraordinary demand" and "abuse." Founder David Holz took to the company's discord channel to announce the news.
Last week, Adobe made waves by announcing the beta release of its new text-to-image generative artificial intelligence (AI) model, Firefly. Adobe says its new platform wasn't built using stolen images, but rather, as Adobe boasts, Firefly has been trained using Adobe Stock images, openly licensed content, and public domain content.
A man was temporarily suspended from Facebook after he posted a fake ad for a flying car that was actually an AI image he created on Midjourney v5.
Sometimes we’re brimming with ideas and ready to shoot. But, what can you do when the ideas dry up?
Midjurney v5 has arrived this week with the latest model of the acclaimed AI image generator boasting stunning photorealistic images and humans that have five fingers per hand.