There's a new competitor to DALL-E out there: Google's Imagen. I don't have access to Imagen but I do have some of their example images. Let's do some side-by side comparisons. (left is Imagen, right is DALL-E) 1. "A blue jay standing on a large basket of rainbow macarons."

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2. "A brain riding a rocketship heading towards the moon." (again, left is Imagen, right is DALL-E)
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3. "An alien octopus floats through a portal reading a newspaper." (L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)
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4. "A single beam of light enter the room from the ceiling. The beam of light is illuminating an easel. On the easel there is a Rembrandt painting of a raccoon" (L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)
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5. "An art gallery displaying Monet paintings. The art gallery is flooded. Robots are going around the art gallery using paddle boards." (L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)
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6. "A robot couple fine dining with Eiffel Tower in the background." (L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)
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I don't have access to Imagen - so these Imagen examples are all from Google's new release. Loads here: imagen.research.google/ Imagen is by @Chitwan_Saharia and @GoogleAI - thread idea from @joeyliaw and @NathanpmYoung
Joey Liaw @joeyliaw
23 May 2022
gweb-research-imagen.appspot… Google announced Imagen today. Let's generate some of the same prompts with Dall·E 2!
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7. "Sprouts in the shape of text 'Imagen' coming out of a fairytale book" (L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)
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8. "A dragon fruit wearing karate belt in the snow." (L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)
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9. "A photo of a Corgi dog riding a bike in Times Square. It is wearing sunglasses and a beach hat." (L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)
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10. "A dog looking curiously in the mirror, seeing a cat." (L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)
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11. "A small cactus wearing a straw hat and neon sunglasses in the Sahara desert." (L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)
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12. "Teddy bears swimming at the Olympics 400m Butterfly event." (L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)
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13. "A giant cobra snake on a farm. The snake is made out of corn." (L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)
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