Meet Imagen, Google’s new AI that turns text into images

A sample image created from the text: ‘A blue jay standing on a large basket of rainbow macarons.’ — Google

Google has unveiled a new artificial intelligence model called “Imagen”, capable of creating an image from a simple text description. This new playground could allow artistes or companies to give free rein to their creativity.

But, for the moment, at least, “Imagen” is not intended for general release. This is notably due to a major issue that is still proving difficult to resolve: algorithmic bias.