AI image generation was everywhere in 2023. Text-to-image diffusion models had burst on to the scene in 2022, but this was the year that they started to become mainstream, and designers had to take notice. Of major significance for creatives,launched its own AI model, Firefly. But existing AI image generators also made leaps in the quality and reliability of their input, adding the ability to handle text and logos.
The number of apps proliferated, as did the amount of AI-generated content online: some of it good, much of it terrible. Inevitably brands and media outlets also began experimenting with a technology that is quickly becoming unavoidable. As we reach the end of the year, we look back at the major milestones in AI art and AI image generation in 2023 and consider where things are going. See our pick of thein March. Until then, the main AI image generators had been new names. Their UIs weren't always the easiest or most intuitive to use, and designers interested in trying them would have to seek them ou