Midjourney

Midjourney
Developer(s)	Midjourney, Inc.
Initial release	July 12, 2022 (open beta)
Stable release	V6.1 / July 31, 2024
Website	midjourney.com

Midjourney is a generative artificial intelligence program and service created and hosted by the San Francisco-based independent research lab Midjourney, Inc. Midjourney generates images from natural language descriptions, called prompts, similar to OpenAI's DALL-E and Stability AI's Stable Diffusion.^[1]^[2] It is one of the technologies of the AI boom.

The tool is in open beta as of August 2024, which it entered on July 12, 2022.^[3] The Midjourney team is led by David Holz, who co-founded Leap Motion.^[4] Holz told The Register in August 2022 that the company was already profitable.^[5] Users create artwork with Midjourney using Discord bot commands or the official website.^[6]^[7]

^ "Huge "foundation models" are turbo-charging AI progress". The Economist. Archived from the original on November 17, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
^ Hertzmann, Aaron (June 10, 2022). "Give this AI a few words of description and it produces a stunning image – but is it art?". The Conversation. Archived from the original on June 10, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
^ @midjourney (July 12, 2022). "We're officially moving to open-beta! Join now at https://discord.gg/midjourney. **Please read our directions carefully** or check out our detailed how-to guides here: https://midjourney.gitbook.io/docs. Most importantly, have fun!" (Tweet). Retrieved August 31, 2022 – via Twitter.
^ Rose, Janus (July 18, 2022). "Inside Midjourney, The Generative Art AI That Rivals DALL-E". Vice. Archived from the original on September 1, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
^ Claburn, Thomas (August 1, 2022). "Holz, founder of AI art service Midjourney, on future images". The Register. Archived from the original on November 12, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
^ Hachman, Mark (July 26, 2022). "Midjourney's enthralling AI art generator goes live for everyone". PCWorld. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
^ Collins, Barry (February 9, 2024). "Midjourney website now lets you generate images without Discord". TechFinitive. Retrieved August 1, 2024.

[economist2-1] "Huge "foundation models" are turbo-charging AI progress". The Economist. Archived from the original on November 17, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.

[theconversation-2] Hertzmann, Aaron (June 10, 2022). "Give this AI a few words of description and it produces a stunning image – but is it art?". The Conversation. Archived from the original on June 10, 2022. Retrieved June 26, 2022.

[beta-3] @midjourney (July 12, 2022). "We're officially moving to open-beta! Join now at https://discord.gg/midjourney. **Please read our directions carefully** or check out our detailed how-to guides here: https://midjourney.gitbook.io/docs. Most importantly, have fun!" (Tweet). Retrieved August 31, 2022 – via Twitter.

[viceInsideMidjourney-4] Rose, Janus (July 18, 2022). "Inside Midjourney, The Generative Art AI That Rivals DALL-E". Vice. Archived from the original on September 1, 2022. Retrieved July 21, 2022.

[theregister-2022-08-5] Claburn, Thomas (August 1, 2022). "Holz, founder of AI art service Midjourney, on future images". The Register. Archived from the original on November 12, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.

[pcworld-2022-07-6] Hachman, Mark (July 26, 2022). "Midjourney's enthralling AI art generator goes live for everyone". PCWorld. Archived from the original on October 20, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2022.

[Collins-2024-7] Collins, Barry (February 9, 2024). "Midjourney website now lets you generate images without Discord". TechFinitive. Retrieved August 1, 2024.

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