OpenAI's new DALL-E 3 AI image generator isn't allowed to copy a living artist's style by name

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OpenAI has announced a new update to its image generation tool, DALL-E. DALL-E 3 promises to generate more accurate depictions from user prompts, which can also now be crafted with the help of ChatGPT.

DALL-E 3 has one main advantage over older versions of the AI image generator: OpenAI says it is a «leap forward» in understanding what a user wants from the language used in their prompt. 

OpenAI says existing systems have «a tendency to ignore words or descriptions, forcing users to learn prompt engineering.» DALL-E 3, it says, doesn't require this sort of engineering, making it more user-friendly. It also claims that, given the same prompt, DALL-E 3 will produce much better results than DALL-E 2.

Part of that upgrade is how DALL-E 3 utilises OpenAI's very popular chatbot, ChatGPT, to tailor prompts for a user. It will be possible to ask ChatGPT for help generating prompts from natural language, tweak those prompts, or generate new images that all follow a common theme. 

In a video showing off the new image generation tool, OpenAI uses the prompt of a «super-duper sunflower hedgehog» in ChatGPT to generate images of a hedgehog for their daughter, the user confirms the one that they like and asks for more in that style. ChatGPT, using DALL-E 3, produces further images, stickers, and an illustrated bedtime story.

On the DALL-E 3 website, OpenAI reiterates that images generated through DALL-E 3 are the user's to own and do with what they like, even sell them. That touches on a sticky subject for AI image generation apps, which are built using training data from numerous sources. Sometimes this training data can use images covered under copyright, or can lead to a particular artist's style being replicated exactly, which has