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Googlelikes to experiment with artificial intelligence.

Weve had live DJ tools, podcast creators and a way to create custom lettering.

Google GenChess

GenChessis built on top of the Imagen 3 artificial intelligence image generation model from Google DeepMind.

This also powers the ImageFX experiment and image creation in theGemini chatbot.

It is a very impressive model that can create everything from photorealism to design.

Google GenChess

How does GenChess work?

GenChess uses AI to personalize the 1,500-year-old game by giving you a simple way to create custom sets.

you could then play against the computer.

Google GenChess

It uses the Imagen 3 AI image generation model and some clever prompting techniques to customize the set.

The initial prompt is fairly restrictive.

My favorite part is that it also tries to create a matching opponent.

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When I gave it Mars as a prompt, it generated an opponent set that reflected Venus.

When I gave it dogs on the beach, it gave me cats on a catwalk as the opponent.

Google gave me bacon and eggs as an opponent.

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I lost the game.

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