https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wxn5wn/inside-midjourney-the-generative-art-ai-that-rivals-dall-e

AI tools like DALL-E that generate images from short text descriptions are all the rage right now, so it only makes sense that other systems are starting to compete for space in the budding AI art market.

Last week, the company behind the generative AI art tool Midjourney opened its closed beta, allowing anyone to sign up for an account and generate surreal renderings—albeit with a limited number of “free” generations. The influx of new users was a stress test for the system, which rivals DALL-E in its ability to create stylistic and sometimes hauntingly realistic renderings.