WHEE Mobile App Launched by Meitu, Offering AI Art and Image Generation Services


An advertisement by NetEase Cloud Music on platforms such as iQiyi sparked controversy due to improper use of AI art technology. The bizarre image of a female figure rotating its neck 180 degrees made users uncomfortable, leading to criticism that the neck had been twisted to the back. NetEase Cloud Music's customer service quickly apologized, acknowledging the negative impact on user experience and promising to improve the advertisement content. This incident highlights the need for AI technology in advertising to balance rigor and user experience.
Alibaba releases the Wan2.7-Image model, achieving breakthroughs in portrait customization, color control, and long-text rendering, aiming to solve the problem of 'monotonous' AI-generated images. The model has been launched on the Alibaba Cloud BaiLian platform API and is open for experience. Core upgrades include the 'virtual face sculpting' and 'precise color palette' features, significantly enhancing creative freedom.
The Midjourney V8 model is released, with image generation speed increased 5 times, supporting 2K resolution. It adds parameters to enhance image coherence, improves the ability to follow complex text instructions, and optimizes the accuracy of text rendering within images.
Alibaba Cloud launched the new image generation foundation model Qwen-Image-2.0 on February 10, 2026, which integrates image generation and editing capabilities. The model adopts a 7B lightweight architecture, maintaining fast inference while offering four core advantages: professional text rendering capability, supporting ultra-long and complex instructions up to 1k tokens, and demonstrating excellent performance in multiple blind testing benchmarks.
Perfect World announced the addition of the 'AI Application (AIGC)' concept, with its game development now deeply integrated with AI art generation technology, significantly improving the efficiency and creativity of artistic design. The technology is widely applied in areas such as character concept art, scene construction, and item design, capable of generating high-quality visual materials based on text or sketches, accelerating the iteration of concept design, and providing creation inspiration and references for the art team.