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ChatGPT Integration Coming to Apple's Image Playground

Apple today revealed a number of updates for Image Playground and Genmoji.

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ChatGPT image generation is now available directly in ‌Image Playground‌, with new ChatGPT styles, such as Oil Painting, Vector, Anime, Print, and Watercolor. There is also a new ‌Image Playground‌ API for developers to use.

Text descriptions can now be turned into a ‌Genmoji‌, and two emojis can be combined. There are more options to customize Genmojis of people with different hairstyles and expressions.

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Top Rated Comments

12 months ago

I give you Gboard Emoji Kitchen ('https://blog.google/products/android/emoji-kitchen-new-mashups-mixing-experience/'). Lol


yeah but those from apple are liquid glass which makes them amazing. Nothing wrong with yours from gboard but yeah to less liquid, no speculars, just plain graphics...boring.
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12 months ago
don't forget you can now combine two genmoji! apple is years ahead of everyone now!
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12 months ago
This should improve the functionality of the app by a great margin. Will try it out once again after the update rolls out.
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12 months ago

don't forget you can now combine two genmoji! apple is years ahead of everyone now!
I give you Gboard Emoji Kitchen ('https://blog.google/products/android/emoji-kitchen-new-mashups-mixing-experience/'). Lol

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12 months ago
If I wanna generate a good image I would just use ChatGPT directly
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12 months ago
A toy to play with and then forget about after an hour.
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