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Re: Bing Image Creator

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GPT-3.5 or GPT-4?

Both.

Though probably GPT-4 was a lot better, right? The fact that it can do SVGs at all is already impressive, given that it has no visual ability to see what "looks right" in the final image. Similar to how GPT-4 apparently learned to play chess by just naming the moves, without ever having seen a chessboard.

Re: Bing Image Creator

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I asked Bing Chat why it says it can't create images for me. >The Bing Image Creator feature is a new feature that allows you to create images with your words. It is currently available in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. So just one hour after Google Bard we have yet another senselessly geoblocked feature. edit: Okay, the separate link ( https://www.bing.com/images/create ) works, so I'm…

For those using it on the Bing mobile app, in the lower right corner click Apps then you'll see a link to the image creator. I've not played with it much but I'd say the quality and ease of use was better than Stable Diffusion but not quite on par with Midjourney.

Could you tell what the difference in language understanding is between Midourney and this AI (apparently Dall-E 3)? Visual quality is one thing, following the prompt is another. Example:

A monk playing chess with a clown

Two yellow books on top of three blue books

Edit: I have the Bing mobile app (Android), but the image creator is not present in the "app" list on the lower right.

Re: Bing Image Creator

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I asked Bing Chat why it says it can't create images for me. >The Bing Image Creator feature is a new feature that allows you to create images with your words. It is currently available in the United States, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. So just one hour after Google Bard we have yet another senselessly geoblocked feature. edit: Okay, the separate link ( https://www.bing.com/images/create ) works, so I'm…

It's not senseless when countries apply laws that affect websites operated from other countries. If I'm releasing a prototype in the USA I'd rather worry about GDPR compliance down the road. Laws regulating websites have tradeoffs and this is one of them.

Also maybe they have some loyalty to their US American countrymen. Reminds me of how a majority in polls in the US said that the Pfizer vaccine should be distributed to US Americans first, while people in almost all other countries were more in favor for international ratios. (Although this case isn't equally justified here, since the vaccine was produced by a US company, Pfizer, but developed by a German company, BioNTech.)

Re: Bing Image Creator

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PRNG?

Pseudo-random number generator

There are some other Princess Peach examples below where the "diverse" induced characters also have worse quality, though not as bad as here.

Edit: That OpenAI in fact artificially induces "diverse" characters is nothing new, this was already a special early "feature" of Dall-E 2.

Re: Bing Image Creator

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Don't you notice that the face looks messed up? Whatever forces the change in skin color seems to also degrade image quality.

Sure? But that means it looks wrong not disturbing. It's like some messed up drawing it not uncanny valley

Well perhaps it is more jarring in comparison: https://www.bing.com/images/create/princess-peach2c-portrait...

Re: Bing Image Creator

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post #84

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It's not senseless when countries apply laws that affect websites operated from other countries. If I'm releasing a prototype in the USA I'd rather worry about GDPR compliance down the road. Laws regulating websites have tradeoffs and this is one of them.

Also maybe they have some loyalty to their US American countrymen. Reminds me of how a majority in polls in the US said that the Pfizer vaccine should be distributed to US Americans first, while people in almost all other countries were more in favor for international ratios. (Although this case isn't equally justified here, since the vaccine was produced by a US company, Pfizer, but developed by a German company, Bi…

Realistically most of this tech was actually developed in academic labs and at Moderna, then knowledge leached out to biotech competitors.

> while people in almost all other countries were more in favor for international ratios

I have seen the first polling you've mentioned (66% of Americans favor prioritizing US). I would love the source if you have it on similar polling for people outside the US on whether to prioritize their own country.

Re: Bing Image Creator

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For those using it on the Bing mobile app, in the lower right corner click Apps then you'll see a link to the image creator. I've not played with it much but I'd say the quality and ease of use was better than Stable Diffusion but not quite on par with Midjourney.

Could you tell what the difference in language understanding is between Midourney and this AI (apparently Dall-E 3)? Visual quality is one thing, following the prompt is another. Example: A monk playing chess with a clown Two yellow books on top of three blue books Edit: I have the Bing mobile app (Android), but the image creator is not present in the "app" list on the lower right.

My MJ sub has now lapsed unfortunately otherwise I'd do the comparison for you.

Have you applied here for access to the Bing image creator?

https://www.bing.com/create

It only took a couple of days at most and I was approved.

Re: Bing Image Creator

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post #82
post #58

it's fun to try to find flaws in content blocking. interesting datapoints: it will block some sexually suggestive prompts regarding women (a woman swimming in milk) but not for men (a man swimming in milk) changing milk to "almond milk" got the prompt accepted but then blocked before showing image refused any prompt with the word "bikini" (even for "on a statue") or "full body visible" (even if clothed) I got suspend…

Did the suspension carry a duration?

It didn't specify one. It gave me the option to contest it, I did, and it restored access a few hours later.

Re: Bing Image Creator

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post #58

it's fun to try to find flaws in content blocking. interesting datapoints: it will block some sexually suggestive prompts regarding women (a woman swimming in milk) but not for men (a man swimming in milk) changing milk to "almond milk" got the prompt accepted but then blocked before showing image refused any prompt with the word "bikini" (even for "on a statue") or "full body visible" (even if clothed) I got suspend…

It blocked "a woman wearing a flower dress massaging a pregnant woman in a room with a view of the ocean and the sunset" that I was trying to generate for a client who offers pre-natal massage, I removed "pregnant" and it worked.

It seemingly blocks literally any sort of generation that shows skin. Several prompts around people on beaches only shows people who are 100% clothed. Images around swimming shows the person's body nearly entirely obscured by water and swimsuit. Massage implies showing skin too, so I imagine it would either use angles that don't show it or otherwise just block it as you saw. I assume the pregnant part caused blocking because it's difficult to show pregnancy in the context of a massage without showing skin.
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