Midjourney's Thinking Mode Loses to GPT Image in First Test but Looks Better

Midjourney is testing a "thinking model" on its alpha site to catch up with GPT Image in instruction following. Blogger @koltregaskes published the full long prompt and scoring chat link, showing the thinking mode lost to GPT Image in adherence but produced better-looking images.

2026-10-12 ~ 2026-10-12 · 3 related posts

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