Google has released the latest version of Imagen 3, its Ai text-to-image generator, to users in the US, as reported by VentureBeat. The tool, which users can pick on Google’s AI test Kitchen, is supposed to generate images with “better detail, richer lighting, and fewer distracting artifacts” compared to the company’s previous models.
The company first announced its updated Imagen 3 tool during I/O in May, but it only seems to have made the tool generally available through its Vertex AI platform within the past few days. Some Reddit users started experimenting with the tool, and the company published a research paper on the tool recently.
Similar to other AI image generators, Imagen 3 can create detailed images based on users’ prompts. Users can also edit the image by highlighting a certain part and describing what users want to change.
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Google Already Has Guardrails In Place
It seems the company already has some guardrails in place, as the tool will decline to generate images of public figures, and also won’t produce images of weapons. While it will stop short of generating named copyrighted characters, users can get around this pretty easily by describing the character users want to create.
However, the tool is capable of producing images that look similar to cartoon characters, and it could also generate logos belonging to companies like Apple, Macy, and even Google.
Despite these flexible guardrails, Imagen 3 still stands in stark contrast to Grok, the AI image generator that belongs to Elon Musk’s X. Grok has been used to generate all sorts of wild content, including images with drugs, violence, and public figures doing questionable things.
But Google’s AI tools have run into some issues as well. Earlier this year, the company stopped letting people generate images with its Gemini AI chatbot after users found that it created inaccurate historical images.
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Google To Let Users Search Screenshots With New AI Feature
Google has announced Pixel Screenshots, a new AI-powered app for its Pixel 9 lineup that enables users to save, organize, and surface information from screenshots. Pixel Screenshot users Google’s private, on-device Gemini Nano AI model to analyze the content of an image and make it searchable.
During a demo at its Pixel launch event, the company showcased how users can take a screenshot and then save it to a collection, like “gift ideas.” Users will also be able to search through all their other screenshots by typing in a keyword, like “bikes” or “shoes.” Pixel Screenshots will then pull up all relevant results.
Moreover, Pixel Screenshots can provide users with information about what’s inside an image. So, if users are looking for the price of an item users screenshot, they can type in the name of the item, and Pixel Screenshot will extract the information from the screenshots to come up with an answer.