This AI Program Can Draw Impressive Images of Whatever You Tell It to

The DALL-E 2 program can churn out both realistic and creative images from a mere text description. But the OpenAI lab is well aware the technology could be easily abused.

- By Michael Kan

A new AI program is wowing the public with its ability to draw realistic and creative pictures from a mere text description. The program is called DALL-E 2, and it comes from the San Francisco-based OpenAI research lab. In April, the lab introduced the AI by showing off the art it’s able to generate.

The results are impressive and make us wonder whether this is the future of image editing. For example, if you tell the AI to draw “a koala dunking a basketball,” DALL-E 2 will do just that by creating a photorealistic image of the animal flying through the air to a basketball hoop.

The AI can also edit existing photos by replacing the imagery inside: For example, if you type in “cute cat” for a dog photo, DALL-E 2 will transform the canine into a kitty. The program can also look at an original image and create different variations of it in the same style.