Midjourney v7 launches with voice prompting and faster draft mode β why is it getting mixed reviews?

While most Midjourney releases were met with overwhelming excitement and adulation, the initial reception to v7 is decidedly more mixed.Read More
AI image generator Midjourney released its first new model in quite some time today; dubbed V7, it's a ground-up rework that is available in alpha to users now.
There are two areas of improvement in V7: the first is better images, and the second is new tools and workflows.
Starting with the image improvements, V7 promises much higher coherence and consistency for hands, fingers, body parts, and "objects of all kinds." It also offers much more detailed and realistic textures and materials, like skin wrinkles or the subtleties of a ceramic pot.
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