--- title: "Amazing New AI Can Spit Out Realistic Images From Simple Descriptions" description: "OpenAI has released its latest creation called DALL-E2 — a truly impressive demonstration of the power of generative adversarial networks." date: "2022-04-06" modified: "2022-04-06" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-dall-e2-realistic-images-descriptions" categories: - "Artificial Intelligence" tags: - "artificial intelligence" - "neural networks" - "OpenAI" - "the digest" --- # Amazing New AI Can Spit Out Realistic Images From Simple Descriptions ![OpenAI has released its latest creation called DALL-E2 — a truly impressive demonstration of the power of generative adversarial networks.]() *\Image: OpenAI\* ## Astronaut Riding a Horse Artificial intelligence company OpenAI has [released its latest creation, called DALL-E2]() — a genuinely impressive demonstration of the power of generative adversarial networks. The system can turn simple text descriptions into photorealistic images. While that may sound like a simple task, it's deceptively difficult for a machine learning algorithm to pick up on the cues of natural language, nevermind produce the crisp, evocative images that OpenAI is showing off. https://twitter.com/OpenAI/status/1511707245536428034 ## Dunking Koala DALL-E2 can edit images and change their composition, shadows, reflections, and textures on the fly. It can even combine totally alien concepts, like generating several believable images of an astronaut riding a horse in space, or a koala bear dunking a basketball. It's a truly powerful algorithm, as demonstrated by OpenAI research and product SVP Mira Murati, who used DALL-E2 to generate an image from the following, rather specific text: "macro 35mm film photography of a large family of mice wearing hats cozy by the fireplace." https://twitter.com/miramurati/status/1511722683649589251 OpenAI employee Aris Konstantinidis used the tool to generate pictures of a panda riding a motorcycle in the desert while wearing a red bandana. https://twitter.com/ariskonstant/status/1511761789033189377?t=DHhjFlT42wK0Z9hCxlj6yw&s=19 ## Careful Rollout As to be expected, the process of creating the tool involved a lot of raw data. "DALL·E 2 has learned the relationship between images and the text used to describe them," OpenAI's website reads. The company is rolling out the tool slowly to a "select group of users" via [a waitlist](). We can't wait to get our hands on the tool and have some fun with it. What would you ask it to generate? *Updated to correct Aris Konstantinidis' title.* **More on OpenAI:** *[OpenAI Chief Scientist Says Advanced AI May Already Be Conscious]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()