Midjourney V5: Next-Gen AI Image Generation Is Almost Here!

Midjourney gives paying members a glimpse into their new V5 model

Midjourney announced earlier today that paying members now have access to a website where they can provide ratings for the images produced by their upcoming AI image generation model, "V5."

As per their Discord announcement (here’s the link to it), these images are intentionally “plain/boring/unopinionated to help the system ‘learn’ whether v5 should have a different style from v4".

Following Midjourney's Discord announcement, people began to share some of the not-so-boring V5 finds on Twitter.

The image above is an exception among the set of V5 test images, however, any “boring” test image can be quite exciting when you look at their overall quality: Generally, it seems that V5 will offer higher resolution, better detail, and a wider range of styles than V4. Some claim that even progress toward greater compositional control might be visible…

Although these images are cherry-picked, they suggest that we can really look forward to a treat as soon as Midjourne’s V5 is released. And that will actually happen very soon, as these “rating parties” usually happen just a few weeks before the version update is finalized and released.

Here are a few V5 images I spotted during the “V5 rating party” that I found interesting:

Besides hinting at better detail, style, and resolution, there’s this interesting comparison to the images Midjourney used for the “rating party” before the V4…