New Delhi: Microsoft is rolling out its artificial intelligence image generator for Edge all users on desktop. Powered by DALL-E deep learning models developed by OpenAI, the image creator can generate digital images from natural language descriptions. With this, Microsoft Edge is now “the first and only browser with an integrated AI image generator.”
Windows users who have Microsoft Edge installed and use the image creator now.
In a Thursday blog post, Microsoft pitches the feature as a way to create “very specific” visuals when they are working on social media posts or slideshows and documents. While this has been possible in a variety of ways before — users could use OpenAI’s DALL-E, Microsoft’s Bing image creator site, the built-in image generator in Bing Chat, or one of the many other image generators — putting it right in Edge’s sidebar makes it much easier to ask an AI to make you some pictures while you’re doing something else on the web.
According to Microsoft, users will have to manually add it to the sidebar before one can use it, at least for now. To do so, open the sidebar, click the “+” button, then toggle the switch next to Image Creator.
The company is also adding other features to Edge, such as the Drop tool that lets users send files and other content to oneself, creating a personal notebook that syncs across devices. Microsoft also added a tool called “Browser essentials,” which is basically a button that you can click on to have Edge tell you what a great job it’s doing at being efficient and scanning for malware (though this feature is currently only available on early-access builds).
