DX Talk - Digital Transformation

7 Best AI Image Sites, from Midjourney to DALL-E

02/21/2024 by DX Talk

It’s been a little over a year since ChatGPT was introduced to the world, but in that time, generative AI technology has changed so rapidly that even those of us who work with real-world technology can’t keep up. Chatbots are revolutionary, but many people are surprised to see AI image services. Of course, it’s difficult to understand the entire field of AI imagery in one article, but I hope this article will give you a very basic overview of the basics. As part of digital transformation, AI transformation is relevant to everyone in the modern world, and I hope this article will help you understand the concept a little better.

The rise of artificial intelligence

Starting with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft’s CoPilot, Google’s Gemini, and many other AI services are flooding the market. It has already been reported that AI is not going to take away our jobs anytime soon, but in the future, many jobs will be threatened by AI, especially for white-collar workers. I agree with this sentiment, and it’s certainly true.

However, if I think about this context a little deeper, I think that those who are good at using AI will likely replace those who are not. It is not too far away that being good at work will mean that you need to be good at using AI just like you are now with computers and various office programs. It is a rapid change, but it is good to think about it and apply it to real work one by one.

AI image examples

Artificial intelligence is already exceeding our imagination. Take a look at these AI-drawn images, and you’ll see that many people are already using AI image services that are indistinguishable from the real thing. You can easily utilize Midjourney, OpenAI’s DALL-E, and even Microsoft’s Bing Image Creator. It seems that the field of creating photos and graphics is one of the fields that can be replaced by people using AI. However, creating a good AI image is not possible with one or two prompts, but requires specialized knowledge and experience.

What do you think of the image above? Can you easily tell if it’s an AI image or a real photo? Take a look at the next image, which is an AI image of historical figures taking selfies. Isn’t it amazing?

Take a look at the following AI images: if you were to shoot these images in real life or create them in computer graphics, they would probably be of a quality that would require a lot of expensive equipment and hours of computer work.

AI image generation sites

Generative sites that allow you to create artificial intelligence images have gotten a lot of attention lately.

1) Midjourney

This is one of the highest quality AI image generators out there, but the downside is that it’s no longer free to use. However, it’s the poster child for AI images, so it’s worth checking out.

2) DALL-E (OpenAI)

If you use ChatGPT, you’ve probably heard of DALL-E at least once, and while it used to be a separate service, it’s now available by default when utilizing GPT4. When prompted to create an image, the DALL-E model runs under the hood and creates the image for you.

3) Microsoft Copilot GPT – Designer

It’s part of a feature in Microsoft’s co-pilot called Bing Chat Image Creator. It too makes it easy to create images.

4) Playground

Currently, they say you can create 500 images per day, and you can use it commercially. There is a paid model, which you can check out on the site.

5) Canva

Canva’s AI image generation tool can be used for a variety of design tasks, including logos, posters, social media content, and more. It features a user-friendly interface and a wide range of templates. You can work on your logo or create a variety of images based on different templates.

6) Adobe Firefly

Adobe, known for Photoshop, is no stranger to AI imagery. They’ve got plenty of inspiration and easy-to-use services that show how real graphic designers can work with AI. Adobe’s Firefly is a powerful AI image generation tool for professional graphic designers. It integrates with Photoshop to make your work even more efficient. As with many of these services, you can use prompts to generate images, AI fill in gaps in your images, remove backgrounds, create images from sketches, and so much more!

7) freeflo: When you’re wondering how to create generative AI

Whenever you see an image created by various AI image services, you may wonder how it was created, but there is a site where you can share these images and see the prompts. This is the freeflo service, where you can search for the mood of the image you want through the site, see the prompts, and then enter them directly into the various services to see the results.

There are many other popular image generation services, including Stable Diffusion, but picking one that suits your purposes and using it frequently will help you understand this field of AI, especially generative AI. One final tip for creating prompts for generative AI. You can find them in places like freeflo, which you saw a moment ago, but it’s also a good idea to utilize an AI service that talks about images.

For example, you can ask ChatGPT to describe a specific image and then feed it into another AI image generation site to get something similar. This is a quick summary of some of the most intuitive image generators in the AI space. Check out each of these sites and see for yourself.

Google Gemini Aims to Hit Back at ChatGPT

02/09/2024 by DX Talk

Google’s Bard has been reborn as Gemini. Google has released Gemini Advanced, which features Google’s largest AI model, Gemini Ultra, which was introduced in the Google Gemini announcement in December.

In May last year, Google Bard released, and it was expected that a strong competitor to ChatGPT would emerge, but it didn’t make as much of a name for itself as expected, but it seems that it is finally starting to fight back with Gemini. To do this, it seems that it has boldly abandoned the Bard brand and chose to be born as Gemini.

Google Gemini Advanced launch and paid plans

Gemini Advanced with Gemini Ultra is now available in more than 150 countries and regions. However, it is currently only available in English and will be expanded to various languages, including Japan and Korean, in the future.

However, like ChatGPT Plus, Gemini Advanced adopts a paid billing model and is available for $20 per month as part of the Google One AI Premium plan (annual plan is available separately), and is currently running a promotion where you can use it for free for two months when you sign up for the plan. If you sign up for the $20 paid model, you’ll also get 2TB of Google One storage.

In addition, Google One AI premium subscribers will soon be able to use Gemini in Gmail, Google Docs, and more.

Expanding user accessibility with the launch of the Gemini app

To make it easier for users to experience Gemini and Gemini Advance on their smartphones, we’re also announcing updates to the Gemini app for Android and the Google app on iOS. On Android devices, after downloading the app, users can activate Gemini by long-pressing the home or power button, and it combines the useful features of the existing Google Assistant to perform a wider range of tasks.

In the case of ChatGPT, the company expanded its accessibility to users by releasing an app, and Google could be taking the same approach. However, in the case of Gemini, the free app allows users to upload photos and more, making it easier to experience the multimodal features of Gemini on a smartphone.

For iOS devices, Gemini is now available directly through the Google app. Starting today, it’s available in English in the US, and next week in Korean and Japanese. More regions and languages will follow.

ChatGPT: A New Chapter in AI Transformation

02/08/2024 by DX Talk

The tech market over the past year has been dominated by AI since ChatGPT was introduced to the world in November 2022. Like the metaverse before it, there have been countless products and articles, and the media has been rushing to introduce them. Many companies have been thinking about how they can apply the new ChatGPT and generative AI to their field work. Some companies, such as Microsoft, are leading new innovations by applying generative AI to their products rather than ChatGPT. It felt like an era of great transformation through AI. Beyond digital transformation, we now talk about AI transformation. In this article, I will introduce the meaning of AI transformation, ChatGPT, and various AI tools.

1. Introduction: A New Chapter in the AI Transformation

Rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) technology are revolutionizing many aspects of our lives. At the center of this transformation are conversational AI models with advanced natural language processing capabilities based on large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT. They have the ability to generate natural conversations by interacting with users, heralding a fundamental shift in the way humans interact with technology.

The shift to AI is not just a technological advancement; it is also having far-reaching social and economic implications. The emergence of ChatGPT symbolizes this shift, enabling new forms of human-machine interaction that go beyond traditional interfaces and communication methods.

2. ChatGPT’s innovative approach

ChatGPT is one of the major breakthroughs in the field of natural language processing (NLP), with the ability to respond to user questions or commands in a human-like manner. This ability is based on the Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) architecture developed by OpenAI, which is pre-trained on large datasets and then fine-tuned for specific tasks.

When evaluating ChatGPT, the biggest difference between it and similar services before it is that it makes it easy for anyone to use a high-quality conversational service by simply signing up. By building a huge language model to answer any question and opening it up to the public, the service has spread at a rapid pace, reaching 1 million signups in 5 days. It’s also true that the various use cases have gone viral since opening it up to the public.

2.1. Technical foundation

The heart of ChatGPT lies in its Transformer architecture. This architecture plays a key role in understanding context and identifying relationships between sentences. Transformer models use a self-attention mechanism to generate output for a given input. This allows the model to learn how each part of the text interacts with the overall context, which is essential for generating high-quality, natural dialog.

2.2. Scaling applications

ChatGPT has many applications and is constantly expanding. In education, it can contribute to enhancing the learning experience by providing personalized learning and tutoring systems. In business, it is used to improve user experience by automating and improving customer service. It can also assist human efforts and promote creativity in areas ranging from content generation, coding assistance, and creative work.

ChatGPT’s use cases are constantly expanding as AI technology advances. This heralds a future where AI and human interactions will become more natural and efficient, forcing us to reevaluate the impact of AI on our daily lives and professions and explore new possibilities.

These innovative approaches provide deep insights into the future of AI technology and the challenges facing our society. Ongoing research and dialogue is needed to make the most of the positive changes that technologies like ChatGPT will bring, while also addressing the ethical and social issues that may arise.

3. Social impact and outlook

Advances in advanced AI technologies like ChatGPT are expected to have far-reaching impacts across society. While these technologies have incredible potential, they also raise ethical and social questions and require in-depth discussions about how we develop and utilize them.

3.1. Technology and ethics

Advances in AI technology, particularly those related to natural language processing, raise important ethical considerations such as data bias, privacy, and transparency and accountability issues for machine decisions. These are important challenges that must be addressed to maximize the benefits and minimize the negative impacts of technological advances. Data bias can cause AI models to reinforce inaccurate or negative biases about certain groups, making it essential to collect and process data with diversity and inclusivity in mind.

3.2. Jobs of the future

Advances in AI technology have the potential to replace human roles in some specialized fields, which can lead to social problems such as job losses. Recent news stories about people whose jobs have been affected by AI or who have received layoff notices suggest that this problem is beginning to take hold. At the same time, however, the emergence of new technologies and services will spur the creation of new types of jobs. Responding to these changes will emphasize the importance of skills training and retraining, which will play a key role in ensuring that all individuals can benefit from technological advances in the future.

4. Conclusion: The journey to innovation

The emergence of AI technologies like ChatGPT is opening up a new chapter in technological advancement, and we need to work together to responsibly embrace and positively leverage the changes it brings. To realize the full potential of AI technologies and address the ethical and social issues that may arise at the same time, we need collaboration and ongoing dialog among all stakeholders, including researchers, developers, policymakers, and users.

But even apart from these concerns, AI will begin to transform the enterprise. If the first 50 years of the Industrial Revolution was a period of technological change in which machines replaced human manual labor, the next 50 years will be an era in which AI will replace human brain labor. In this article, I will discuss how companies can actually use AI to change their businesses from the perspective of AI transformation, not just digital transformation.