THE Pope Francis who died at dawn on Monday (21), was Victim of a fake news In 2023, but it was not something to stain the image of the Catholic Church leader. An image of the pontiff wearing a puffer jacket circulated through social networks and showed that Francisco was “linked in fashion”, but the photo was created by artificial intelligence.
At the time, the text that accompanied the image said that the Pope hired designer Filippo Sorcinelli to remodel the clothes of the Catholic leader. The information was verified by several agencies that explained the falseness of the news. The photo was created by a digital artist named Pablo Xavier, who used the Midjourney tool and the image began to circulate through the Reddit social network, which has a lot of strength in the United States.
Xavier, who is a civil builder in the city of Chicago, used this same AI in his works and had the idea of creating this image of Francisco. He has also made “alternative images” with Midjourney de Other important personalities as the president of the United States, Donald Trump and the leader of Russia, Vladimir Putin .
Despite being one of the most used image generators in the market, the Midjourney It is quite simple. As it does not have its own interface, the arts are created on a chat platform server Discord . Currently, there is no free option.
The basic plan ($ 8, or about $ 47 per month) offers a private chat to create up to 200 command prompts per month. Upper plans offer different amounts of hours for rapid image generation, plus a slower and more unlimited generation option. The most expensive plan costs $ 44, or about $ 258 per month.

How to generate images in Midjourney
- Create an account on Discord;
- Visit the Discord app or website and locate the server list in the left sidebar;
- If you don’t speak English, right -click (on Google Chrome) and I asked to translate into Portuguese;
- Press the + button at the bottom of the server list to the left of the screen;
- In the pop-up window that will open, click the “Join a Server” button or “enter a server”;
- Paste or type the following URL: http://discord.gg/midjourney and press “Join” or “enter”;
- Midjourney is no longer free, so you must sign a monthly payment plan. Locate the channels dedicated to creating images on the left side of the screen, such as “#Newbies-103”, type “/subscribe” and press the “Enter” key. Click on “Manage Account” and select the desired plan;
- On the home screen, click the Discord icon on the upper left side of the screen. Select the “Midjourney Bot” option. It is in this private chat that you can start generating your images;
- Write “/Imagine”, press the ‘Space’ key and type the image description. Press “Enter” to send the command and Midjourney will present four image options;
- Below the images, you will be able to refine them through a menu of options.
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This content was originally published in Papa Francisco: Learn how Fake News of the IA Jacket came up on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil

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