On Wednesday the company behind it, OpenAI, accepted everybody on the Dall-E waiting list.

Now others who requested access should have it granted, and anyone cansign up.

Artificial intelligence technology today generally refers to systems trained to recognize patterns in immense quantities of real-world data.

Dall-E, though, brings some creative flair to the idea.

It’s a powerful illustration of the growing capability and utility of AI.

Though opening broader access should increase use of Dall-E, people have had alternatives, likeStable DiffusionandMidjourney.

Dall-E also could be spreading to other apps and services.

OpenAI has begun working on a programming interface that could let businesses incorporate its results, it said Wednesday.

That’s already happening elsewhere, for example with aStable Diffusion plugin for Adobe’s Photoshopimage-editing software.

Tech giants are investing deeply in AI technology.

That meansno sexual or violent contentor attempts to create images of public figures.

OpenAI has a wholesystem to help moderators detect problems automatically.

Not all tools have those kinds of limits.

That’s raised hackles in some quarters.

Stable Diffusion creator Stability AI didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Another illustration of the difficulty came when a Colorado manwon a digital art contest with an AI workfrom Midjourney.

Getty Images, a business that licenses imagery,banned AI-generated creationsin September.