Midjourney wants everyone to be able to edit images thanks to AI

Midjourney, the well-known AI image generation platform, has announced the launch of an enhanced web tool that will allow users to edit any uploaded image from their page. According to David Holtz, CEO of Midjourney, this new feature will be available early this week and will enable advanced edits, such as retexturing objects in images to ‘repaint’ their colors and details just by giving instructions.

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The enhanced editing tool will be available only to ‘a subset of the current community’ initially, and will have stricter moderation, both human and through ‘new more advanced AI moderators’ to prevent potential abuses, as noted by Holtz in a post on his official Discord server.

Image editing with artificial intelligence has become quite a controversial topic in recent months. Google, for example, has already launched quite powerful AI editing features that currently do not provide visual indications that the images have indeed been modified by AI. On the other hand, Meta continues to research how to label AI-edited images versus those generated from scratch.

In this context, Midjourney stands out for its commitment to using Digital Source Type, from IPTC, a technical standard that incorporates metadata into images to indicate if they have been generated by AI. Even so, the company has not adopted the C2PA technology, which tracks the complete provenance of an image.

The risks associated with these new tools are real, as they could facilitate the creation of deepfakes or copyright infringement. According to Clarity, a deepfake detection company, the creation of these has increased by 900% compared to last year. Additionally, a recent survey by YouGov shows that 85% of Americans are concerned about the spread of misleading deepfakes.

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