Google has recently rolled out the newest version of Imagen 3, its AI-powered text-to-image generator, to users in the United States, as reported by VentureBeat. This updated tool, accessible via Google’s AI Test Kitchen, promises to produce images with enhanced detail, richer lighting, and fewer distracting artifacts compared to previous versions.
While Google initially introduced Imagen 3 during its I/O event in May, the tool seems to have become widely available only in the last few days through the Vertex AI platform. Some Reddit users began testing Imagen 3 last week, and Google released a research paper on the tool earlier this week.
Similar to other AI image generators, Imagen 3 allows users to create highly detailed images from text prompts. It also offers the ability to edit specific parts of an image by highlighting the area and describing the desired changes.
There are some restrictions in place, however. Imagen 3 won’t generate images of public figures like Taylor Swift, nor will it produce images of weapons. Although it avoids creating images of named copyrighted characters, users can still work around this by describing the character they want to depict.
Even with these limitations, Imagen 3 operates quite differently from Grok, the AI image generator available on Elon Musk’s X platform. Grok has been used to create a variety of controversial content, including images involving drugs, violence, and public figures in compromising situations.
Despite its stricter guidelines, Google’s AI tools have faced challenges as well. Earlier this year, Google had to disable the image-generation feature of its Gemini AI chatbot after users discovered it was creating historically inaccurate images.
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