{"id":968,"date":"2024-03-26T14:52:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T14:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/librarycollections\/?p=968"},"modified":"2024-03-26T14:59:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T14:59:57","slug":"the-power-of-ai-and-image-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/librarycollections\/2024\/03\/26\/the-power-of-ai-and-image-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of AI and Image Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Power of AI and Image Generation\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_ZRfGhUs6wg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With new software becoming available all the time, could AI text-to-image tools redefine how we create and use images at work? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join our Systems Librarian, Tim, as he uses software that is freely available to staff to explore creating AI-generated images through prompts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also discusses recent issues with AI generated images and the pitfalls of AI ignoring historical context when creating images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our new blog over on YouTube and learn about the recent ups and downs of AI image generation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With new software becoming available all the time, could AI text-to-image tools redefine how we create and use images at work? Join our Systems Librarian, Tim, as he uses software that is freely available to staff to explore creating AI-generated<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/librarycollections\/2024\/03\/26\/the-power-of-ai-and-image-generation\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":412,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[4491],"tags":[153438,137822,62],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1095,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/librarycollections\/2024\/07\/04\/ai-at-sussex-library-conference-workshop\/","url_meta":{"origin":968,"position":0},"title":"AI at Sussex: Library Conference Workshop","date":"4 July 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"By Sean Goddard and Daisy Phipps This was a well-paced and interesting led workshop. 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His focus has been on leveraging the latest advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) to unlock the hidden\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;British Library of Development Studies&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/i7df_XcV3Mk\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":920,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.sussex.ac.uk\/librarycollections\/2024\/02\/09\/ai-productivity-tips-from-a-librarian-who-prefers-words-over-spreadsheets\/","url_meta":{"origin":968,"position":2},"title":"AI productivity tips from a librarian who prefers words over spreadsheets","date":"9 February 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"By Tim Graves Spreadsheets. Comma separated files. Databases. Endless columns of data scrolling away vertically and horizontally. I bet you love them, eh? In my last blog post I talked about how Artificial Intelligence has been saving me time with long textual documents. 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