Microsoft is clearly moving further and further away from OpenAI. After the first large language model, the company is now also introducing the first image generator that was developed in-house. MAI-Image-1 is said to have been among the top ten best image generators in the LMArena. The arena is a testing environment where results from AI models are evaluated by humans.
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The image generator is said to have been trained primarily not to reproduce a recurring style. For this purpose, emphasis was placed on a stricter data selection – which data was used for training is still unknown. Microsoft also writes that feedback from the creative industry and experts went into the development of the model. It is specifically aimed at creators, which is apparently intended to differentiate it from OpenAI’s image and video generators, which are freely available and used primarily for fun by the general public.
MAI-Image-1 and Dall-E-3 generated photorealistic images of seahorses in the colors of unicorns.
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According to Microsoft’s blog post, MAI-Image-1 will soon be available via Copilot and Bing Image Creator. Until then, the image generator can still be tried out in the LMArena. MAI-Image-1 is said to perform particularly well with photorealistic images. In addition, the AI model is very fast and enables particularly fast iterative processes. Microsoft also writes that it placed great emphasis on “safe and responsible results”. Accordingly, there should be clear guidelines for the image generator.
Microsoft is moving away from OpenAI
In addition to MAI-Image-1, Microsoft has also already released MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview. The voice generator can generate audio in a second to a minute. Behind the preview is the future version of Copilot, which is currently based on OpenAI’s AI models.
While Microsoft was an early major investor and supporter of OpenAI, recently all that can be read about are quarrels between the two companies. It’s about OpenAI’s desire to become a for-profit company. Microsoft would like to be involved in line with their billion-dollar investments. There seems to be disagreement about this. This also applies to the exclusive terms of use of OpenAI’s models that Microsoft held. The restructuring plans are also met with criticism from elsewhere – from Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg as well as other charities and regulators.
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