Consumer Tech

Google Tackles AI's Spelling Problem in New Image Generation Model

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As confident as artificial intelligence assistants can sound in chat responses, if you ask them to generate an image containing several text phrases, chances are the resulting imagery will contain some typos or distorted fonts.

Some models have gotten better at it over time, but they’re not consistently reliable — which has limited their potential as a design tool for professionals.