The “Generative Fill” function lets you extend any image background and make other modifications, but even robots need art history lessons.
Artificial Intelligence
An AI Avatar Generator That Pays Artists Their Cut
Ascendant is trying to change the narrative that generative AI hurts artists, but not everyone is on board with the model.
Amnesty International Slammed Over AI Protest Images
The organization apologized for publishing AI-generated photographs of Colombia’s 2021 protests.
Italians Are Mad at Their Country’s New “Barbie Venus”
A government tourism campaign depicting Botticelli’s Venus as a “virtual influencer” is widely criticized as trivializing the nation’s cultural heritage.
AI-Generated “Dope Francis” Fools the Internet
Many thought the picture of Pope Francis in a puffer jacket, created using Midjourney, was the real deal.
AI Images Visualizing Trump’s Arrest Send Internet Into a Frenzy
The pictures, created using Midjourney, depict the former president’s greatest fantasy: being dragged away by police in front of the cameras.
Some AI Artworks Now Eligible for Copyright
New guidance from the US Copyright Office sets some policies around AI-generated images.
AI Image Generators Finally Figured Out Hands
Midjourney fixed its inability to render hands realistically, one of the telltale signs of an image being AI-generated.
Museum Under Fire for Showing AI Version of Vermeer Masterpiece
One artist said the Mauritshuis Museum’s decision to display “A Girl With a Pearl Earring” made using Midjourney “highly unethical.”
Viral “Photographer” Reveals His Images Were AI-Generated
Jos Avery had told his followers he used a Nikon D810 to take his distinctive black-and-white portraits.
We Asked AI to Review Refik Anadol’s “Unsupervised” at MoMA
What does the internet’s most popular Artificial Intelligence chatbot have to say about Anadol’s AI-based artwork?
Did AI Help a UK Cabinet Maker Uncover an Original Raphael?
An AI company says its technology confirms that Raphael likely painted the “Flaget Madonna,” but not everyone is convinced.