Midjourney

Midjourey, the popular generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered image generation tool, has announced a new feature that will allow users to take a reference character and use it across multiple different images. The feature, called Character Reference, is currently in testing and only available on the Midjourney 6 (MJ6) and Niji 6 models. The feature is similar to the AI tool's existing Style Reference command but instead of the style of the image, it keeps the character of the image…

The morning started with a message from a friend: “I used your photos to train my local version of Midjourney. I hope you don't mind”, followed up with generated pictures of me wearing a flirty steampunk costume.I did in fact mind. I felt violated. Wouldn't you? I bet Taylor Swift did when deepfakes of her hit the internet. But is the legal status of my face different from the face of a celebrity? Your facial information is a unique form of personal sensitive information. It can identify you. Intense profiling and mass…

Have you seen that croissant made in the shape of a dinosaur that’s gone viral in recent days on sites like Reddit and X? It’s incredibly cute. But we regret to inform you this “Croissantosaurus” was made using generative AI. In fact, if you track down where this pastry was first posted, you’ll find an entire fake restaurant that never existed.Prepping the Sandworm Scenes in Dune: Part Two“Babe, what’s wrong? You haven’t eaten your Croissantosaurus...” a viral tweet joked on X. The tweet has over 3.3 million views at the…

Don’t worry—the rat dck can no longer hurt you. The open-access paper that contained bizarre, AI-generated imagery of rat genitalia and gibberish graphics has been retracted by its publisher, which said that the study authors violated the journal’s guidelines.Like It or Not, Your Doctor Will Use AI | AI UnlockedPublished in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, the study’s text discussed the function of stem cells associated with rat testes. But the subject matter is not what captured attention. The study authors…

Automattic, the parent company of sites like WordPress and Tumblr, is in talks to sell content from its platforms to AI companies like MidJourney and OpenAI for training purposes, according to a new report from 404 Media Tuesday. And while the details of the deal are still sketchy, Automattic is trying to reassure users they can opt-out at any time.ChatGPT’s Creator Buddies Up to Congress | Future Tech404 reports there’s conflict within Automattic as some of the content that was being scraped for the AI companies…

Tumblr and WordPress are reportedly set to strike deals to sell user data to artificial intelligence companies OpenAI and Midjourney. 404 Media reports that the platforms’ parent company, Automattic, is nearing completion of an agreement to provide data to help train the AI companies’ models.It isn’t clear which data will be included, but the report suggests Automattic may have overreached initially. An alleged internal post from Tumblr product manager Cyle Gage suggests Automattic prepared to send private or…

Google’s AI chatbot Gemini has a unique problem. It has a hard time producing pictures of white people, often turning Vikings, founding fathers, and Canadian hockey players into people of color. This sparked outrage from the anti-woke community, claiming racism against white people. Today, Google acknowledged Gemini’s error.Did Elon Musk Regret Buying Twitter? | Walter Isaacson Interview“We’re working to improve these kinds of depictions immediately,” said Google Communications in a statement. “Gemini’s AI image…

OpenAI introduced Sora, its premier text-to-video generator, on Thursday with beautiful, shockingly realistic videos showcasing the AI model’s capabilities. Sora is now available to a small number of researchers and creatives who will test the model before a broader public release, which could spell disaster for the film industry and our collective deepfake problem.Why is Everyone Suing AI Companies? | Future Tech“Sora is able to generate complex scenes with multiple characters, specific types of motion, and accurate…

This week, the scientific journal Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology published research featuring bogus imagery made with Midjourney, one of the most popular AI image generators.Like It or Not, Your Doctor Will Use AI | AI UnlockedThe open-access paper explores the relationship between stem cells in mammalian testes and a signaling pathway responsible for mediating inflammation and cancer in cells. The paper’s written content does not appear to be bogus, but its most eye-popping aspects are not in the research…

Most Palone singing “America the Bountiful”Photo: MidjourneySuper Bowl XVIII was jam-packed with celebrities, love stories, angry outbursts, and even some football. Many of us watched the Super Bowl on TV with our own two eyes, but Gizmodo set out to learn what the big game would have looked like through the eyes of an AI image generator.Gizmodo used Midjourney to create visual representations of some of the Super Bowl’s biggest moments. AI deepfakes are slowly becoming a central component of our society, so we figured we…