Midjourney releases V7, its first new AI image model in nearly a year

Midjourney, one of the first AI-based image generators on the web, has released its first new AI image model in nearly a year. Dubbed V7, the model began rolling out in alpha around midnight EST on Thursday, comes a week after OpenAI debuted a new image generator in ChatGPT that quickly went viral for its ability to create Ghibli-style photos. Midjourney’s is not a Ghibli-optimized model, though — at least not officially — but it nonetheless can generate aesthetically pleasing works, at least to this reporter’s dilettante eye. To use it, you’ll first have to rate around 200 images to build a Midjourney “personalization” profile, if you haven’t already. This profile tunes the model to your individual visual preferences; V7 is Midjourney’s first model to have personalization switched on by default. Once you’ve done that, you’ll be able to turn V7 on or off on Midjourney’s website and, if you’re a member of Midjourney’s Discord server, on its Discord chatbot. In the web app, you can q ... Read full article.