Tech companies try to take AI image generators mainstream with better protections against misuse

This AI-generated image provided by Adobe shows a hummingbird. Artificial intelligence tools that can conjure whimsical artwork or realistic-looking images from written commands started wowing the public in 2022. But most people don't actually use them at work or home. That could change as leading tech companies are competing to mainstream the use of text-to-image generators for a variety of tasks, integrating them into familiar tools such as Microsoft Paint, Adobe Photoshop, YouTube and ChatGPT. — Adobe via AP

Artificial intelligence tools that can conjure whimsical artwork or realistic-looking images from written commands started wowing the public last year. But most people don’t actually use them at work or home.

That could change as leading tech companies are competing to take text-to-image generators mainstream by integrating them into Adobe Photoshop, YouTube and other familiar tools.