Thread by @benjamin_hilton

There's a new competitor to DALL-E out there: Google's Imagen.

I don't have access to Imagen but I do have some of their example images. Let's do some side-by side comparisons.

(left is Imagen, right is DALL-E)

1. "A blue jay standing on a large basket of rainbow macarons."

2. "A brain riding a rocketship heading towards the moon."

(again, left is Imagen, right is DALL-E)

3. "An alien octopus floats through a portal reading a newspaper."

(L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)

4. "A single beam of light enter the room from the ceiling. The beam of light is illuminating an easel. On the easel there is a Rembrandt painting of a raccoon"

(L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)

5. "An art gallery displaying Monet paintings. The art gallery is flooded. Robots are going around the art gallery using paddle boards."

(L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)

6. "A robot couple fine dining with Eiffel Tower in the background."

(L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)

I don't have access to Imagen - so these Imagen examples are all from Google's new release. Loads here: imagen.research.google

Imagen is by @Chitwan_Saharia and @GoogleAI - thread idea from @joeyliaw and @NathanpmYoung

7. "Sprouts in the shape of text 'Imagen' coming out of a fairytale book"

(L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)

8. "A dragon fruit wearing karate belt in the snow."

(L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)

9. "A photo of a Corgi dog riding a bike in Times Square. It is wearing sunglasses and a beach hat."

(L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)

10. "A dog looking curiously in the mirror, seeing a cat."

(L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)

11. "A small cactus wearing a straw hat and neon sunglasses in the Sahara desert."

(L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)

12. "Teddy bears swimming at the Olympics 400m Butterfly event."

(L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)

13. "A giant cobra snake on a farm. The snake is made out of corn."

(L: Imagen, R: DALL-E)