Microsoft’s new AI art generator will spark your imagination

Microsoft has begun rolling out Image Creator from Microsoft Bing in a preview to select markets, preparing the AI art generator for a wider rollout to Microsoft Edge later this month. In a blog post and related video, the company showed off how Image Creator will work and explained in more detail what limitations it will place upon prompts that users generate.

Microsoft said last week that it would be bringing AI art to both Bing and Edge, using the more advanced DALL-E 2 algorithm to generate the art. It appears that Image Creator will be accessible from Bing.com and a related version will be available from Edge soon after. The company showed off Image Creator working within the Edge sidebar, which can carve out a small vertical column to display search results and other information as well as some useful utilities. It’s here that you’ll be able to access the new image creator.

In a video, Microsoft showed off how users could generate a prompt, using conventional terms like art styles. In the video below, you can see Image Creator return four small results in a matter of just a few seconds. It’s not clear whether that will be representative of general performance. It’s also not clear whether there will be some sort of a credit system or other meter to limit prompt generation.

Likewise, Microsoft showed off Image Creator running within Edge as well.

Here, Microsoft’s approach is more social: the example shown is of a user conceptualizing a “dream house” using Image Creator’s content creation tools, then sharing it on social media. Again, the image appeared in a matter of seconds and four images were generated.

Microsoft’s blog post implied that the AI art generation tools would work similarly to other services such as Midjourney or DreamStudio running on the Azure cloud. “We’ve found that generally, Image Creator works best when you type in a description of something, with additional context like location or the art style you’d like to emulate, as opposed to a more limited description,” Microsoft said.

Microsoft will also use AI to filter queries, applying the same sort of signals that help Microsoft Defender filter out problematic websites, for example. Those blocklists and classifiers will be used to “lower the risk of offensive prompts being used,” Microsoft said.

Interestingly, Microsoft is also applying additional technology to address biases found in generating AI images, too. (Microsoft did not clarify what this means, though anecdotally, certain generic prompts seem to favor results with certain skin colors.)

“We take our commitment to responsible AI seriously,” Microsoft said. “To help prevent the delivery of inappropriate results across the Designer app and Image Creator, we are working together with our partner OpenAI, who developed DALL∙E 2, to take the necessary steps and will continue to evolve our approach. We will regularly take the feedback we have and share that with OpenAI to improve the model as well as applying to our own mitigations work.”

Microsoft said that its image generations would be governed by its content policy, which prevents images of child sexual abuse, non-consensual intimate activity, suicide, terrorism, hate speech, and more.

Read More

The post Microsoft’s new AI art generator will spark your imagination appeared first on San Francisco Daily Journal.



from San Francisco Daily Journal https://ift.tt/MJN9pEY
via IFTTT

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Intel Core i9-13900K review: Raw, unapologetic power

Image
Adam Patrick Murray / IDG In a fall crammed with hardware releases, Intel’s new 13th-generation Raptor Lake CPUs may be the most feral of the lot. Raw, unapologetic power is one aspect of it—chip makers are now shooting as much juice possible through processors to make them scream during tasks, and Intel further embraces this approach. But performance isn’t what makes Raptor Lake borderline savage. Certainly, Intel’s latest is impressive, as demonstrated by the top-end Core i9-13900K. The way it posts benchmark numbers brings to mind loud, ferocious American muscle cars. No, it’s the timing of its arrival. AMD and Intel’s fight for superiority is no longer a genteel, scripted affair. Instead, we’ve moved into blood sport. Several weeks ago, Intel cast a shadow over the launch of AMD’s juggernaut Ryzen 7000 chips by announcing 13th-gen details. Today, its flagship processor now slips into the lead on multiple fronts—leaving AMD with barely any time to savor the triumph of its ...
Read more

Kids At Risk Of Identity Theft; How To Freeze Your Child

Image
SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX 5) — Studies show your kids may be at greater risk for identity theft than you are.  The good news is that there is a tool to prevent anyone from opening credit or taking out loans in their name. The bad news is that the credit bureaus won’t let you use it to protect your kids! A proposed state law in California may open the door for child credit freezes nationwide, but I discovered a loophole that allows the bureaus to put you and your kids at greater risk. Why Kids Are At Risk For ID Theft At 12 years old, Corrie Vaughn earned money by taking out the trash. However, the Northern California middle school student was well aware it would take more than chores to pay off the debt an identity thief accumulated in his name. “I don’t know what credit is, but I know it’s not good to have bad credit,” said Vaughn. Nelia Ellsworth doesn’t yet know if crooks racked up thousands of dollars in her kids’ names, but she was horrified to learn her kids couldn’t ge...
Read more