Google AI has reintroduced the human image generation tool, which was previously disabled for producing historically inaccurate images.
In a blog post on Wednesday,Googleannounced the upgrade of its Imagen 3 model, which was initially introduced in May. The updated model will soon begin generating images of people for Gemini Advanced, Business, and Enterprise users.
“Over the coming days, we’ll also start to roll out the generation of images of people, with an early access version for our Gemini Advanced, Business, and Enterprise users, starting in English,” the company said.
“With Imagen 3, we’ve made significant progress in providing a better user experience when generating images of people.”
The AI image generator will not support the generation of photorealistic, identifiable individuals, depictions of minors, or excessively gory, violent, or sexual scenes,Google reminded users.
Googledisabled human image generation in Gemini back in Februaryafter people complained it was generating factually and historically inaccurate images. People criticized Gemini’s portrayal of specific figures, such as the US Founding Fathers or groups like Nazi-era German soldiers, as people of color.
People also complained that Gemini won’t generate images of people of their ethnicity. One user tried to generate an image of a “blonde-haired, blue-eyed, Scandinavian woman,” but Gemini produced an image of an “Indian woman with dyed hair.”
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At that time, Google apologized for what it described as “inaccuracies in some historical image generation depictions” with Gemini, saying the AI tool’s attempts at generating a “wide range” of images “missed the mark.”
The image generation upgrade comes shortly after Elon Musk acquired X, which also included a similar feature toGrok, andMidjourney opened its image generatorto people without Discord accounts. For local image generation, however,Stable Diffusionremains an easy way to locally generate images, if you’re willing to put the effort into it.
Anurag Singh was a Tech Writer on Dexerto’s UK team, expertly covering laptops, smartphones, and wearables. He covers the biggest tech news from major brands such as Apple, Samsung, and Microsoft. He also has bylines at Android Police, Neowin, MakeTechEasier, Gizmochina.
