Midjourney’s Next Step: AI Image Editing and the Ethics of Visual Manipulation

This week, Robert and Haley explore Midjourney’s latest leap beyond AI creation with its new Web Editor. Now, users can edit and retexture their own images, adding precise control over zooming, rotating, cropping, and inpainting—a digital brush that lets you make detailed modifications. Using depth controlnet, the tool also enables users to alter textures and colors while preserving an image’s structure, opening up creative possibilities beyond generating new scenes.

But as Robert and Haley discuss, the powerful new features come with big ethical questions. The potential to manipulate real-world images raises concerns around deepfakes and misinformation. Midjourney’s approach includes embedding metadata in edited images and ramping up AI and human moderation to ensure transparency.

Is Midjourney setting a new standard in responsible AI editing? Join us as we dive into the exciting possibilities—and the risks—that come with this next generation of AI tools. If you’re curious about where AI-driven creativity and ethical boundaries meet, this episode is for you!

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