GOOGLE CALLS its AI search feature SGE (Search Generative Experience). The latest update includes the ability to generate images from text prompts, the trick that made DALL·E so famous. Your prompt will generate four images. It’s also set to be part of the image search function, enabling you to create an image. There will be a filtering process—a ‘strict’ one, according to Google. It will also block photo-realistic faces and prompts that name notable people. The AI images will include embedded metadata that identifies their AI origins, and an invisible watermark. This won’t stop the feature being misused—the ‘guardrails’ that AI systems have are proving ineffective. A group from Princeton University have discovered that safety systems can be side-stepped by fine-tuning the model or text strings. Human nature has a destructive streak, and AI systems are prime targets.
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