Latest Updates In The AI World For June 2024

Luma AI Dream Machine Release

The Luma AI Dream Machine has been released and is available for personal use. It competes well with other video creators, particularly excelling in image-to-video tasks, though it still struggles with text-to-video prompts. Users had previously complained about long wait times, but these have significantly improved.

Text-to-video functionality still requires refinement, but users can experiment with up to 30 free videos per month. For more detailed information check this out, or visit Luma Labs Dream Machine.

Stable Diffusion 3 Medium

Stable Diffusion 3 Medium is now publicly accessible. This text-to-image AI, using a 2 billion parameter SD3 model, claims to deliver better color, lighting, and photorealistic outputs compared to previous versions.

However, it requires more detailed prompting compared to other models. If you're just starting out with text-to-image AI, I would suggest something like ChatGPT or Leanoard AI for a more conversational approach to image creation, but if you've previously tried Stable Diffusion and it didn't quite cut the mustard, now might be the time to give it a second chance.

For more details, visit Stable Diffusion 3 Medium on Hugging Face.

Leonardo AI's Phoenix Model

Leonardo AI has announced its new Phoenix model, which offers superior image quality, better prompt adherence, and coherent text in images.
This improvement is notable as Midjourney still struggles with text coherence. After testing the Phoenix model, its performance is impressive enough to pull me away from Midjourney, and I use Midjourney quite a bit. For more information, visit Leonardo AI.

They also have a great free plan, but like most free plans, there are limitations.