DALL·E and AI Image Generation

What happened

OpenAI introduced DALL·E, a model that generates original images from written descriptions, combining unrelated ideas into plausible pictures. It and successors like DALL·E 2 brought text-to-image generation into the mainstream.

Why it matters

AI image generators put creative, generative AI directly into the public's hands and raised new questions about art, copyright, and authenticity.

Sources

• OpenAI. DALL·E: Creating images from text · Primary source