Hold onto your keyboards, tech enthusiasts! Midjourney has just unleashed V7, its first new AI image model in nearly a year, and it’s nothing short of revolutionary. 🚀 Dropping in alpha at the stroke of midnight ET, this beast comes hot on the heels of OpenAI’s viral Ghibli-style image generator, but Midjourney isn’t playing catch-up—it’s leaping ahead.
According to Midjourney CEO David Holz, V7 is a “totally different architecture”, boasting smarter text prompts, stunning image quality, and unprecedented coherence in details like hands and textures. And guess what? It’s got personalization turned on by default, meaning it learns your visual tastes after you rate about 200 images. Talk about a tailored experience! 😮
But wait, there’s more! V7 comes in two flavors: Turbo for those who want speed at a premium, and Relax for the more patient creators. Plus, there’s a new Draft Mode that slashes rendering time and cost, though at a slight quality trade-off. And for those worried about missing features like upscaling, Holz promises they’re on the way within two months.
Midjourney’s journey is as intriguing as its tech. Bootstrapped by Holz, the co-founder of Leap Motion, this San Francisco gem is raking in millions without a penny of outside funding. But it’s not all smooth sailing—legal storms loom over alleged copyright infringements. Yet, with a hardware team in the works and models for video and 3D object generation on the horizon, Midjourney is charging full steam ahead.
So, ready to dive into the future of AI image generation? V7 is waiting, and it’s time to see what magic you can create. ✨
