{"id":1191561,"date":"2023-10-12T12:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1191561"},"modified":"2023-10-12T12:00:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T16:00:20","slug":"you-can-now-generate-ai-images-directly-in-the-google-search-bar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1191561","title":{"rendered":"You can now generate AI images directly in the Google Search bar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in the olden days of last December, we had to go to specialized websites to have our natural language prompts transformed into generated AI art, but no longer! Google announced Thursday that users who have opted-in for its Search Generative Experience (SGE) will be able to create AI images directly from the standard Search bar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

SGE is Google\u2019s vision for our web searching future. Rather than picking websites from a returned list, the system will synthesize a (reasonably) coherent response to the user\u2019s natural language prompt using the same data that the list\u2019s links led to. Thursday\u2019s updates are a natural expansion of that experience, simply returning generated images (using the company\u2019s Imagen text-to-picture AI<\/a>) instead of generated text. Users type in a description of what they\u2019re looking for (a Capybara cooking breakfast, in Google\u2019s example) and, within moments, the engine will create four alternatives to pick from and refine further. Users will also be able to export their generated images to Drive or download them.<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s more, users will be able to generate images directly in Google Images<\/a>. So, if you\u2019re looking for (again, Google\u2019s example) \u201cminimalist halloween table settings\u201d or \u201cspooky dog house ideas,\u201d you\u2019ll be able to type that into the search bar and have Google generate an image based on it. What\u2019s really cool is that you can then turn Google Lens on that generated image to search for actual, real-world products that most closely resemble what the computer hallucinated for you.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are, of course, a number of limitations built into the new features. You\u2019ll have to be signed up for Google Labs and<\/em> have opted-in to the SGE program to use any of this. Additionally, the new image generation functions will be available only within the US, in English-language applications and for users over the age of 18. That last requirement is a just bit odd given that Google did just go out of its way to make the program accessible to teens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The company is also expanding its efforts to rein in the misuse of generative AI technology. Users will be blocked from creating photorealistic images of human faces. You want a photorealistic capybara cooking bacon, that\u2019s no problem. You want a photorealistic Colonel Sanders cooking bacon, you\u2019re going to run into issues and not just in terms of advertising canon. You\u2019ll also be prevented from generating images of \u201cnotable\u201d people, so I guess Colonel Sanders is out either way.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Finally, Google is implementing the SynthID system developed by DeepMind<\/a> announced last month. SythID is a visually undetectable metadata watermark that denotes a generated image as such, as well as provides information on who, or what, created it and when. The new features will be available through the Labs tab (click the flask icon) in the Google app on iOS and Android, and on Chrome desktop to select users today and expanding to more in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/you-can-now-generate-ai-images-directly-in-the-google-search-bar-160020809.html?src=rss
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\nSource: Engadget – You can now generate AI images directly in the Google Search bar<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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