Google’s upgraded AI image generator is now available

🌈 Abstract

The article discusses the latest version of Google's AI text-to-image generator, Imagen 3, which has been made available to users in the US. It highlights the improvements in Imagen 3, such as better detail, richer lighting, and fewer distracting artifacts compared to previous models. The article also discusses the capabilities and limitations of Imagen 3, including its ability to generate and edit images based on prompts, as well as its restrictions on generating images of public figures, weapons, and copyrighted characters.

🙋 Q&A

[01] Google's Imagen 3 AI Text-to-Image Generator

1. What are the key improvements in Imagen 3 compared to Google's previous models?

• Imagen 3 generates images with better detail, richer lighting, and fewer distracting artifacts compared to Google's previous text-to-image models.

2. What are some of the capabilities and limitations of Imagen 3?

• Imagen 3 can generate detailed images based on user prompts and can also edit images by highlighting a certain part and describing what the user wants to change.
• Imagen 3 has some restrictions, such as declining to generate images of public figures and weapons, and not producing images of named copyrighted characters, though users can get around this by describing the character they want to create.
• Imagen 3 stands in contrast to Grok, an AI image generator on Elon Musk's X platform, which has been used to generate more controversial content.
• Google's AI tools have faced some issues, such as the company stopping people from generating images with its Gemini AI chatbot due to concerns about historically inaccurate images.

[02] Availability and Release of Imagen 3

1. When and how was Imagen 3 made available to users?

• Google released the latest version of Imagen 3 to users in the US, as spotted by VentureBeat.
• Imagen 3 can be accessed through Google's AI Test Kitchen.
• Google first announced the updated Imagen 3 tool during I/O in May, but it only appears to have made the tool generally available through its Vertex AI platform within the past several days.

2. How have users been experimenting with Imagen 3?

• Some Reddit users started experimenting with Imagen 3 last week, and Google published a research paper on the tool on Tuesday.