DALL-E 2 Reaches One Million Users as Outpainting Feature Launches
OpenAI's image generator DALL-E 2 surpasses one million users and launches a new Outpainting feature that expands existing images using text prompts.
OpenAI reports that DALL-E 2 now boasts over one million users, making it the company's most successful commercial product to date. The image generation tool reaches this milestone in just two and a half months, significantly outpacing the growth rate of its popular text-based counterpart, GPT-3.
Alongside this user milestone, OpenAI rolls out the "Outpainting" feature to all desktop browser users. This tool allows individuals to extend the borders of any existing photo or painting using simple text prompts, with the AI carefully matching the original shadows, reflections, and textures to maintain visual context.
Outpainting proves especially intriguing for reimagining classical artworks, as demonstrated by AI artists expanding famous pieces from Leonardo da Vinci and Johannes Vermeer. The feature launches at a critical time for OpenAI, as the open-source and locally runnable alternative Stable Diffusion recently enters the market to challenge DALL-E's dominance.