Google is rolling out an update to its Gemini AI that brings back the ability to generate images of people, though it will initially be limited to paying customers.”Over the coming days, we’ll…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,” Google says. “We’ve worked to make technical improvements to the product, as well as improved evaluation sets, red-teaming exercises and clear product principles.”Google disabled Gemini’s ability to generate any images of people in February after it produced anachronistic historical images, including a Native American man and Indian woman to be representative of an 1820s-era German couple, an African American Founding Father, Asian and indigenous soldiers to be members of the 1929 German military, and diverse representations of a “medieval king of England,” among other examples.Gemini Advanced provides access to “the best of Google AI” for $19.99 per month, including access to next-gen models and 1 million token context window.Google says it’s “made significant progress in providing a better user experience when generating images of people” with its Imagen 3 text-to-image generator.But unlike the wild images of public figures being produced by xAI’s Grok 2, Gemini does not “support the generation of photorealistic, identifiable individuals, depictions of minors or excessively gory, violent or sexual scenes,” Google says.The company also warns that “as with any generative AI tool, not every image Gemini creates will be perfect, but we’ll continue to listen to feedback from early users as we keep improving.”There’s no timeline for a wider launch; Google says it will “gradually roll this out, aiming to bring it to more users and languages soon.”
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Imagen 3 is rolling out to Gemini Apps and expanding its availability to users in all languages.Also today, Google released Gems, which are customized versions of its AI. First previewed at I/O in May, Gems do any number of things, from helping you code to editing your writing and even giving advice. Google says it’ll be pretty easy to use. Just give Gemini some instructions and a name, and you’re off to the races. Gems are launching on desktop and mobile devices for Gemini Advanced, Business, and Enterprise users in more than 150 countries in most languages.
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