OpenAI unveiled the new Dall-E 3 AI image creation model, which integrates with ChatGPT, emphasizes safety, and delivers unbiased art. Technology enthusiasts and artists around the globe are trying to access the new cutting-edge AI image generation platform. Find out how to get access to Dall-E 3 right away in this post.
Dall-E 2 was already an advanced image creation AI model but lacked certain features. It could not input text inside AI-created pictures, didn’t have sufficient safeguarding parameters, and often delivered unwanted results. OpenAI is resolving all its known shortcomings with the launch of Dall-E 3.
What is Dall-E 3?
Dall-E 3 is the third version of AI company OpenAI’s generative AI visual art platform Dall-E (named after artist Salvador Dalí and Pixar’s WALL·E). It is the successor to Dall-E 2. OpenAI unveiled Dall-E 3 on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, and revealed it boasts many improvements from its previous iterations.
The newly announced Dall-E can integrate with OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT to complete and enhance prompts for better image generation. It had been in development for the past few months. A report in July claimed that OpenAI was testing the then-upcoming model with a group of 400 users.
YouTuber MattVidPro revealed that the new model performed significantly better than other image generators, including Midjourney v5.2 and Stable Diffusion XL. He also displayed some of the Dall-E 3 creations and claimed, “I don’t even think Midjourney version six would be able to compete at this level.”
How to Get Access to Dall-E 3?
OpenAI confirmed that Dall-E 3 will be available to ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise customers in October. It will be available for research labs later in the Fall. The Dall-E 3 API will also be released then. The company also revealed that Dall-E 3 would be publicly available but didn’t tell when.
Before this third iteration, OpenAI launched Dall-E in January 2021 and then released Dall-E2 in 2022 but with a waitlist. The company removed the waitlist in September last year and made it available to the public with certain limitations. We expect OpenAI to follow a similar pathway with the latest AI model.
Currently, there is no possible way to access Dall-E 3 for general users until next month. After that, ChatGPT Plus will open your doors to the latest AI visual art platform. OpenAI stated that users could type in a request for an image and tweak the prompt through conversations with ChatGPT with the latest launch.
Dall-E 2 vs Dall-E 3: What are Key Improvements?
OpenAI claimed that “DALL·E 3 delivers significant improvements over DALL·E 2 when generating text within an image and in human details like hands” while explaining its new model. There are several new features, enhancements, and improvements with Dall-E 3. Let’s take a look at them:
ChatGPT Integration:
One of the highlights of Dall-E 3 is that it can integrate with ChatGPT. This would help users develop detailed prompts to guide the visual art platform to deliver stunning results. It’s known that Dall-E works better with longer and more defined prompts, but coming up with them is not everyone’s cup of tea.
ChatGPT integration resolves this problem, as anyone can now refine their prompts automatically to generate imagery that’s more relevant to their intent. However, users can still use their prompts without any refinements if they have specific ideas for the AI text-to-image generator.
OpenAI co-founder and CEO Sam Altman shared a video on X (formerly called Twitter) demonstrating the incredible back-and-forth conversational prompting style in Dall-E 3 with its ChatGPT integration.
Better Understanding of Prompts:
OpenAI also claimed that Dall-E 3 understands spatial relationships that users include in their prompt text in a significantly better manner. This means that AI will generate imagery that places figures and objects where the user intends to, and the descriptive prompts will be rendered more accurately.
The new AI visual art platform can also incorporate text-based elements into images. This is one feature that Dall-E 2 lacked, and users had to rely on alternative tools such as Ideogram AI that deliver text-infused imagery better than OpenAI’s model. The results of Dall-E 3 speak for themselves.
Enhanced Safety Measures:
Another highlight of Dall-E 3 is the implementation of robust safety measures to prevent the creation of potentially hateful or obscene imagery. “Like previous versions, we’ve taken steps to limit DALL-E 3’s ability to generate violent, adult, or hateful content,” claimed OpenAI.
Open AI also revealed that it works with external red teamers (a group that intentionally tries to break a system to test its safety) and utilizes input classifiers (a method to teach language models to ignore certain words to avoid explicit or violent prompts) to ensure only safe results are delivered.
Also, Dall-E will be unable to recreate images of public figures when the prompt mentions a name. OpenAI also allows users to select if their prompts and generated images can be used to train future AI models with Dall-E 3.
How to Use Dall-E 3 via OpenAI?
If you can access Dall-E 3 right now, you can use it via OpenAI’s website, like Dall-E 2 or ChatGPT. Follow these steps to know what you have to do to create images using Dall-E 3:
- Visit the official OpenAI website and sign in to your account. Make sure you log in to the same account where you’re subscribed to ChatGPT Plus.
- When you’re signed in, OpenAI will introduce you to Dall-E 3. Click on “Continue” to start using the AI visual art platform.
- Next, you’ll see your available credits. Click on “Start creating with Dall-E.”
- Next, enter a prompt describing how you want the image to be. You can also seek help from ChatGPT to build a perfect prompt for your image.
- Once done, click on “Generate” and wait for the results.
- You will see several results for your request.
- If you’re not satisfied yet, you can choose an image from the results and click ‘Variations’ to get more AI-generated images.
That’s it. An alternate way to use Dall-E 3 is to go to the ChatGPT Plus inbox and request to generate an image. The following steps will be similar to the ones mentioned above.
Is Dall-E 3 free to use?
Dall-3 is not available for free just yet. It’ll be available for ChatGPT Plus users, and the subscription costs $20/month. Apart from that, it’s expected that Dall-E 3 will use the same or similar credit system. Users will get 50 credits initially, and 15 free credits will be available monthly.
If users want more credits, they could purchase 115 credits for $15 (around $0.13 per credit). However, this isn’t confirmed yet. It’s also unknown if OpenAI will release a free public version of the newly unveiled Dall-E 3. We’ll keep you posted about this.
Final Words:
Dall-E 3 is the new version of the AI visual art platform by OpenAI. The highly refined text-to-image tool is set to understand prompts better with ChatGPT integration and deliver more accurate results. OpenAI continues to polish its AI tools amidst rising competition by names like Midjourney, Stability AI, and Tongyi Wanxiang.
There are still several concerns around AI-generated images, and OpenAI has tried to counter them with its latest launch. The company is facing several lawsuits, and they’re possibly trying to avoid future ones by allowing artists to opt their art out of future versions of text-to-image models.
We’ll develop an in-depth review of the new Dall-E 3 by OpenAI once it’s available. Stay tuned. That’s all for this post. Feel free to use the comments if you have any queries about anything mentioned here.
Frequently Asked Questions:
To get free access to Dall-E 3, you must wait until OpenAI releases a free public version of the text-to-image tool. Until then, you can use Dall-E 2, which is available for free with 50 and 15 free credits every month. Dall-E 3 is exclusively available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers initially.
Dall-E 3 is exclusively available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, costing $20/month. After that, users must use credits and purchase them for $15 for 115 credits once they run out of the free months. However, the specific pricing and plans of the newly unveiled Dall-E 3 are currently unavailable.
OpenAI allows developers to integrate the image-generating features of Dall-E into their apps, services, and websites, but it’s not free. Users must purchase the Dall-E 3 API, and its cost is based on several factors, including the resolution of the generated imagery.
No, Dall-E 3 will only be available for ChatGPT Plus and Enterprise customers in October, followed by research labs and API later in the Fall. It’s unknown when OpenAI will release a free public version of the text-to-image tool.
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