Google adds powerful new AI image tools, including inside Bard

Google's AI services are receiving boosts across the board, with AI image generation arriving in Google Bard, powered by a new Imagen 2 technology that Google promises is more lifelike (and weirdness-free) than ever. And just days after the internet voted its Gemini Pro chatbot technology as nearly the world's best, it's arriving pretty much everywhere Bard is offered. Google is also releasing a dedicated AI art tool, known as ImageFX, to go along with its existing MusicFX and TextFX tools, inside its AI Test Kitchen beta program. Overall, it's a multifaceted improvement for Bard, both from a quality standpoint and the number of services Google is integrating AI into. Although Google launched its Gemini Pro upgrade last December, the chatbot was available to just a subset of users.