Midjourney Faces Skepticism Over Claimed Full-Body Ultrasonic Scanner After Scientific Misconduct Scandal
Midjourney, the AI image generator company previously caught up in a scandal where researchers used it to produce nonsensical AI-generated diagrams (including a rat with oversized genitals) in a retracted scientific paper, is now pivoting into the scientific hardware space. The company claims it is developing a full-body ultrasonic scanner that submerges the user's entire body. The article expresses extreme skepticism about this device, questioning its feasibility, scientific validity, and whether it's a serious product or another example of Midjourney's questionable approach to science.
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We Are Extremely Skeptical of MidJourney's Weird Device That It Claims Submerges Your Entire Body and Scans It With Ultrasound
In February 2024, scientific journal Frontiers was forced to retract a paper by a team of Chinese and Indian researchers after finding that their study contained nonsensical, AI-generated diagrams, including one of a rat with wildly oversized genitals.
Two years later, Midjourney is ready to make a hard pivot straight into the scientific world it was caught polluting — by launching what it says will be a full-body ultrasonic scanner.
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