With DALL-E 2 remaining in invite-only beta, OpenAI announced in late August that more than a million people were using its service.OpenAI announced today that users with access to DALLE-2 can upload people’s faces for editing using the AI image generation system. The AI innovator originally disabled this feature, only allowing users to work and share photorealistic faces.
Previously, it prohibited uploading any photo that might depict a real person, famous celebrities or public figures. The company claims that improvements to its security system have made facial editing possible, “minimizing the potential harm” from traffic-free and attempted political and violent content. An excerpt from the customer letter reads:
“Many of you have told us that you miss using DALL-E to make up your own clothes and hairstyles and edit the background of family photos. The reconstructive surgeon told us he used DALL-E to help patients visualize the results. And filmmakers told us they want to be able to edit images of scenes with people to help speed up their creative processes … [We] created new detection and response methods to stop misuse.”
The firm says the terms of service will still prohibit uploading photos of people without their consent or images to which users have no rights. With DALL-E 2, which remains in invitation-only beta phase, OpenAI announced in late August that more than a million people are using its services.
OpenAI conducts AI research to promote and develop AI that benefits humanity as a whole. The organization was founded in San Francisco in late 2015 by Elon Musk, Sam Altman and other investors who collectively pledged $1 billion.
