2026-06-18 10:13:00
Midjourney unveils its first hardware product, the Midjourney Scanner, an ultrasound-based full-body scanner; it is unclear how AI fits into the medical effort (Richard Lawler/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/9520…
Morning Midjourney 8.1 with a minor blaspheming demon.
#notcaturday
Midjourney CEO David Holz says the company's revenue "significantly surpassed" $200M in 2023, and has "gone up" since then, despite its declining web traffic (Jemima McEvoy/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/mi
Updates:
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