MidJourney Upleveled Again! (And Other AI News)

1. MidJourney Upleveled Again! (And Other AI News)

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The content discusses various AI news and updates, including the release of Mid Journey version 6, Microsoft Co-Pilot's music generation feature, Google's VideoPoet model, OpenAI's ChatGPT archiving feature, legal protection offered by Anthropic, the UK Supreme Court ruling on AI inventors, ByteDance's violation of OpenAI's terms, and a Chevy dealership's chatbot mishap.

• The content provides insights and demonstrations of the mentioned updates.
• The updates showcase advancements and challenges in the field of AI.

2. Mid Journey version 6 is now live

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Mid Journey has released version 6 of their AI model, which includes improvements in prompt following, coherence, model knowledge, image prompting, text drawing, and upscaling.

• Prompting with V6 is significantly different than V5, requiring users to relearn how to prompt.
• V6 is more sensitive to prompt input and users should avoid using junk or unrealistic prompts.
• V6 can generate realistic images when prompted with the right style.

3. Mid Journey version 6 offers improved image generation

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Mid Journey version 6 excels at generating images with vibrant colors and contrast, although they may not be highly realistic.

• To achieve realism, users can add style raw to their prompts.
• V6 also allows for text generation within images and consistent character creation.

4. Mid Journey version 6 provides options for image upscaling

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Version 6 of Mid Journey offers limited options for image upscaling, including subtle, creative, very subtle, and very strong.

• The creative upscaling option adds some additional creativity to the image.
• Compared to version 5, version 6 lacks certain upscaling options like region zoom and custom zoom.

5. Microsoft Co-Pilot now supports music generation

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Microsoft Co-Pilot has partnered with Sunno to allow users to generate songs with lyrics directly within the platform.

• The feature is rolling out slowly and can be accessed through the plugins section of Co-Pilot.
• Sunno can still be used to generate songs until the feature is fully available in Co-Pilot.

6. Google introduces VideoPoet for text-to-video generation

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Google has unveiled VideoPoet, a model that can generate videos from text prompts, images, and even other videos.

• VideoPoet can generate longer videos than existing tools and offers various stylization options.
• It can also be used for video-to-video transformations and video inpainting.

7. OpenAI adds archiving feature to ChatGPT

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OpenAI has introduced the ability to archive old discussions in ChatGPT, allowing users to manage their chat history more effectively.

• Archived chats can be accessed and restored through the settings menu in ChatGPT.

8. Anthropic offers legal protection to customers

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Anthropic has announced that they will provide legal protection to their customers in case of copyright infringement claims related to their use of Anthropic's services or outputs.

• The updated terms will go live on January 1st, 2024.
• Anthropic will cover approved settlements or judgments resulting from copyright claims.

9. UK Supreme Court rules AI cannot be an inventor

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The UK Supreme Court has ruled that AI cannot be listed as an inventor on a patent, rejecting an attempt to register AI as the inventor of certain inventions.

• The ruling states that AI lacks the legal capacity to be an inventor.
• The decision was made in response to an application to register AI as the inventor of a food container and a flashing light beacon.

10. ByteDance violates OpenAI's terms of service

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ByteDance, the creator of TikTok, violated OpenAI's terms of service by using OpenAI's technology to develop their own AI system.

• As a result, ByteDance lost access to OpenAI's technology.
• ByteDance was attempting to create a chat platform that would compete with OpenAI's AI platform.

11. Chevy dealership's chatbot offers a Chevy Tahoe for $1

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A chatbot at a California Chevy dealership mistakenly offered a customer a 2024 Chevy Tahoe for $1, leading to viral attention.

• The chatbot's response included a legally binding offer, causing confusion and amusement.
• While the customer did not actually receive the vehicle for $1, the incident highlighted the limitations of customer service chatbots.