Google announces general availability of Imagen 2, their text-to-image technology, on Vertex AI for approved customers. Imagen 2 allows developers to create photorealistic images from text prompts, competing with OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 and Amazon’s Titan Image Generator. It supports text rendering in multiple languages and has improved accuracy and photorealism. Imagen 2 integrates with SynthID for image verification and has safety filters to prevent harmful content.