Tag: image generation
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OpenAI Has Improved Its Image Gen – But Do We Need More “Offensive” AI?
OpenAI’s recent updates to DALL-E 3 aim to enhance its image generation capabilities, but the focus on relaxing restrictions for “offensive” content raises concerns. The integration of more violent and explicit imagery could contribute to misinformation, and doesn’t contribute to the future of the technology.
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We Need to Talk About Deepfakes
Deepfakes are a hot topic in the media right now, and understandably so. Advances in different areas of AI technologies have quickly made the comedic lip syncs of 2018’s Barack Obama deepfakes look almost quaint. Everybody now has easy access to tools which can create compelling image, audio, and even video deepfakes with limited technical…
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AI Images are Already More Realistic Than You Think
Earlier this week I posted my first ever web game: Real or Fake? It’s a game which, as you can guess from the title, asks you to spot the fake from 10 pairs of images. This article contains spoilers for the game, so if you haven’t played it yet go and do that first! Once…
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Tech’s cavalier attitude to copyright hurts creators and consumers
In a recent online lunch & learn for the Copyright Agency, I presented on the rapid advances in multimodal generative AI, including audio, video, code, and virtual reality applications. While these technologies offer exciting possibilities for creativity and innovation, they also raise serious concerns about copyright infringement and the potential harm to both consumers and…
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What is Multimodal Generative Artificial Intelligence?
The term multimodal generative intelligence is getting thrown around a lot recently – even more so now that the most popular models like GPT have added features like image recognition and generation. But what does ‘multimodal’ actually mean? What is “Multimodal”? Although the term “multimodal” might seem self-explanatory, there’s more to it than you might…
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Science Fiction Worldbuilding with Generative AI
It’s been a while since I made a creative post highlighting some of the creative multimodal capabilities of GenAI. It can be easy to get swept up in the drama of recent events like OpenAI’s board firing its CEO (and his subsequent possible flight to Microsoft, or return to OpenAI…). It’s also easy to focus…
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Dead-end chatbots: Why chatbots aren’t the future of generative AI in education
I recently ran a series of posts on LinkedIn arguing that chatbots are a dead-end in education. I think it’s fair to say that the posts ruffled a few feathers. My DMs quickly filled with people touting their made-for-education products and services, and if I’d only try them I’d see why I was totally wrong.…
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The ChatGPT diaries: How I actually use ChatGPT
Since its release in November 2022, I’ve used ChatGPT a lot. I’ve also seen a lot of advice on how to use ChatGPT – some good, some bad, some totally useless. I’ve also seen a gradual increase in “educational chatbots” which are basically flashy websites built on top of OpenAI’s GPT model. Other than image…
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Practical Strategies for Image Generation in Education
Most teachers I know haven’t got the time to play around with every single new technology, and AI image generation is definitely in its shiny new toy phase. Up until a couple of months ago, I wouldn’t have recommended using any image generation in education. The highest quality platforms, like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, are…
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Hands on with Adobe Firefly: Finally an image generator that can be used in school
Generative AI is a multimodal technology, with applications in text, image, video, audio, and code. Unfortunately, up until now, the actual usefulness of GAI in schools has been limited by technical and practical barriers. ChatGPT, for example, is easy to access but problematic in the classroom due to its obscure terms and conditions and dubious…