An AI-generated image of Pope Francis wearing a stylish white puffer jacket shared on social media over the weekend has tricked thousands of users into thinking it is real.
Midjourney was founded by David Holz — who also cofounded software firm Leap Motion — in July 2022 and uses artificial intelligence to generate images using textual descriptions provided by users, similar toIt has taken social media by storm as users generate fake images of former president Donald Trump, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and President Vladimir Putin.of 50 realistic-looking images of Trump getting arrested, that were generated by Midjourney.
"One of the things that's becoming notable with Midjourney's Version Five implementation is that a lot of these images have a very distinctive plasticky hyper-realistic [look], and it looks like a filter," he added noting that these factors may change as the platform develops.
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That’s sad. We need more authenticity and credibility in this world, not less. 😁