We're not sure we're ready for Microsoft's AI clip art

Ai generated images created in Image Creator by Bing
(Image credit: Microsoft)

The unstoppable AI art juggernaut has truly begun rolling, and it seems everyone's jumping on board. Despite a lot of unresolved controversies, some major players are working on generative text-to-image AI art tools, and the latest news could be the biggest development yet in taking AI art generation to the mainstream.

Microsoft has revealed that it's developed AI art generators for both its Office suite and for its search engine Microsoft Bing. This means we could soon see bizarre AI art cropping up in everything from PowerPoint presentations to... well, anything really. If you're still not sure how text-to-image models work, see our piece on how to use DALL-E 2.

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Joe Foley

Joe is a regular freelance journalist and editor at Creative Bloq. He writes news, features and buying guides and keeps track of the best equipment and software for creatives, from video editing programs to monitors and accessories. A veteran news writer and photographer, he now works as a project manager at the London and Buenos Aires-based design, production and branding agency Hermana Creatives. There he manages a team of designers, photographers and video editors who specialise in producing visual content and design assets for the hospitality sector. He also dances Argentine tango.

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