Kakao Brain Unveils 'Karlo Web Service' Based on 'Karlo 2.0'

Kakao Brain has launched ‘Karlo,’ an image generation web service that creates images from imagination.

The ‘Karlo’ web service is a newly revamped free image generation AI service based on user feedback from ‘B^ EDIT,’ which Kakao Brain released as an open beta last March. To strengthen the branding of its image generation tool, Kakao Brain decided to use the name of its image generation model ‘Karlo’ as the name of the newly launched web service. Additionally, by adding and improving key convenience features, it is expected to lower the entry barriers for novice users and effectively support creative activities for professionals.

Kakao Brain applied its ultra-large AI artist model ‘Karlo 2.0,’ trained on a text-image dataset of approximately 300 million, to this web service. ‘Karlo 2.0’ has the advantage of producing high-quality images close to photorealistic by enhancing spatial sense, three-dimensionality, and detail. In particular, it can generate highly refined images based on globally top-tier language understanding capabilities.

To enhance user convenience, Kakao Brain focused on improving the core ‘text-to-image’ function of the image generation tool. The ‘Karlo’ web service added a prompt (command) auto-translation feature, enabling image generation in Korean. Noting that users often refer to other users’ generated images or prompts when creating images, a ‘Browse’ feature was also added to allow users to check these references.

Moreover, the UX (user experience) design was made more intuitive, image generation speed was improved, and the Karlo 2.0 model was installed as the default model, enabling detailed and realistic image generation in various styles such as ▲photorealistic ▲semi-photorealistic ▲animation. ‘Karlo’ web service users can create high-quality works from desired images within just 3 seconds and view up to 8 images per prompt. Generated images can be downloaded in PNG format.

Using the ‘Karlo’ web service is very simple. Users just need to enter a prompt in the form of keywords, such as ‘Queen of the Forest.’ If there are elements they want to exclude from the image generation, they can enter the corresponding keywords in the ‘negative prompt’ field. To reflect a desired art style, users can add style names like ‘animation’ to the prompt or select an appropriate style from the ‘Style’ menu within the ‘AI Canvas’ before entering the prompt.

Users can also modify and supplement generated images as they wish by using the ▲‘Outpainting’ feature, which naturally expands AI-generated images, and the ▲‘Inpainting’ feature, which replaces specific areas within an image with new images. Notably, the outpainting feature allows unlimited expansion of image size.

Meanwhile, the ‘Karlo’ web service is easy and simple to use, enabling anyone to conveniently create desired images like a design expert. Last month, products such as T-shirts and phone cases featuring reinterpreted classic paintings created through the ‘Karlo’ web service were sold on Kakao Makers. In addition, anyone who needs high-quality images?such as students and office workers who require images for presentation materials, writers who need images suitable for manuscripts, or users who want unique and distinctive SNS profile images?can create images through the ‘Karlo’ web service.

Kakao Brain stated, “We plan to sequentially add useful features to allow users to easily generate high-quality images they want, while enhancing user convenience through multilingual support.” They added, “We will provide an environment where the advanced image generation tool ‘Karlo’ web service can be freely utilized to expand the AI user base.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.