The renowned AI art tool Midjourney today announced a range of important organizational feature updates for its website platform, aimed at significantly enhancing user management and the efficiency of organizing images. The core of this update lies in the introduction of a more sophisticated folder system. Users can now enjoy improved folder grouping capabilities and can create new content directly within folders. This improvement makes it more intuitive and convenient to classify and archive images. Additionally, Midjourney has optimized the workflow for handling images across different pages.

Stability AI has once again broken through technical barriers by launching the new Stable Diffusion 3.5 Medium model. This AI art tool aimed at the general public is not only completely free for commercial use but also achieves a perfect balance between high performance and accessibility. With its multimodal diffusion transformer (MMDiT-X) architecture and a streamlined design of 2.5 billion parameters, this model cleverly addresses the hardware threshold for ordinary users, requiring only 9.9GB of VRAM to run smoothly on most consumer-grade graphics cards.

At the 2024 WAIC Scientific Frontier Main Forum, the OpenDataLab team from the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (Shanghai AI Lab) launched a new intelligent data extraction tool called MinerU. This tool aims to simplify the AI data processing workflow and assist AI researchers in extracting high-quality data from vast amounts of documents.

The launch of Civitai Green marks the platform's transformation into a clean, professional AI art creation environment, completely eliminating adult content to provide creators with safe and appropriate image and model resources, enhancing the user experience in the workplace. Through Civitai Green, the platform not only ensures the high quality and diversity of resources but also introduces a more efficient payment processor, Paddle, optimizing the user payment experience. This transformation benefits the platform's commercial development and strengthens the community ecosystem by sharing works.

The LoRA model Half_illustration based on Flux.1 is an innovative image processing tool that can transform ordinary photos into artistic works that blend photography and illustration elements. Users can simply describe a scene or add specific instructions (such as 'in the style of TOK'), and the model can generate visually striking pieces that are both real and dreamlike. This tool supports a wide range of creative scenarios, including fashion photography in specific styles, artistic creations, advertising design, and more.

The ComfyUI of Aliyun PAI Artlab has introduced a workflow for creating Olympic highlight moment posters, allowing users to generate personalized Olympic-themed posters in just three steps. PAI-ArtLab is a one-stop AIGC design platform that offers dataset management, model training, and AI drawing functions, with over 200 mainstream AI generation models built-in. Users can upload local datasets for labeling or training, invoke preset AI models, or use tools such as WebUI, ComfyUI, and Khoya.

Canva has announced the acquisition of generative AI art content startup Leonardo.ai through a combination of cash and stock, aiming to enhance its investment in AI technology. The 120 employees of Leonardo.ai will join Canva and continue to operate independently, focusing on innovation and R&D. Leonardo.ai will leverage Canva's resources to accelerate its development while maintaining its current tools and solutions. Canva plans to integrate Leonardo.ai's technology into its Magic S.

Recently, online marketplace Etsy shared the latest updates on the sales of products generated by artificial intelligence, and announced the continuation of its plan to "support artists through the development of art." The platform will allow sellers to disclose their use of artificial intelligence in the descriptions of their item listings, selling artworks sourced from original prompts or AI tools.Etsy acknowledges the inevitable progress and integration of artificial intelligence tools (inclu

Recently, the Beijing Internet Court held online hearings for four copyright infringement cases filed by illustrators against the developers and operators of AI art software. The plaintiffs in these cases are all renowned illustrators who discovered that their original works, published on a content-sharing platform, were extensively mimicked by the AI art software and used as training material to generate new artworks. These AI-generated artworks not only closely resemble the style of the plaintiffs' works but are also used heavily for commercial purposes, severely harming the interests of the plaintiffs.

Xiaohongshu influencer 'Antenna Sister (Underwear King)' recently shared an unusual experience. While commissioning an illustration for her original character, she unexpectedly discovered that the artist she hired was using AI technology. This revelation sparked widespread attention and discussion on social media, with the video quickly garnering 29,000 likes on Xiaohongshu.

Recently, Douyin blogger 'A Salty Fish' has gained widespread attention from netizens for his unique creativity, using AI art technology to cleverly transform traditional local delicacies into a series of monster images.

The AI Artificial Intelligence Platform Banking Copilot, developed by Sifang Jingchuang in collaboration with Microsoft, has preliminarily completed the POC (Proof of Concept) testing with banks.

Xbox used AI-generated artwork on social media to promote indie games. The Xbox account ID @Xbox tweeted asking fans about their favorite indie games of 2023, which sparked controversy. Players criticized the use of AI art in games and advertising, and Xbox deleted the original tweet. While some developers have a positive attitude toward AI art, players generally criticize the use of this technology in games and advertising.

The WHEE mobile app from Meitu has officially launched, providing one-stop AI visual creation services. Powered by the Miracle Vision 4.0 model, WHEE offers AI art and image generation features. Users can easily use natural language to describe their needs. The WHEE mobile app brings together works from creators in various fields, serving as a source of inspiration for creativity. Additionally, WHEE provides creation guides and model training instructions to assist users.

The Bilibili creator drew inspiration from 'Song of the Thatched Cottage Destroyed by Autumn Wind' to create AI-generated illustrations of ancient poems, igniting heated discussions. The video depicts the thatched cottage being howled by the autumn wind, with the personified image of the fierce wind being unforgettable. Although some scenes are exaggerated, the creator explained the reason for this sense of dissonance, attracting over 2.2 million views. Creator 'Pawnshop Novelist' has released a series of 13 videos using AI to illustrate classics of Chinese literature, achieving millions of views. The unique charm of combining traditional Chinese culture with modern technology is showcased in these creations.