According to the company’s CEO, David Holz, in a Discord chat, popular artificial intelligence (AI)-based imaging software Midjourney will become paid-only during the rollout of a patch.
In the past few weeks, Midjourney users have been generating deepfakes (deepfakes) went viral online. The most popular include images of ex-US President Donald Trump handcuffed or Pope Francis wearing a modern white coat Washington Post.
Although these fake images were generated by version 5 of Midjourney, a paid software and the company’s most advanced, they seem to have piqued the interest of the curious and inquisitive, who flocked to the site for free trials from a previous version.
” We’re temporarily disabling free trials until we roll out the next system improvements. »
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Midjourney AI enthusiasts will have to pay a minimum of US$10 (about CA$12) per month to use the service until further notice.
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