Black Forest Labs' new Self-Flow technique makes training multimodal AI models 2.8x more efficient

This efficiency makes it viable for enterprises to move beyond generic off-the-shelf solutions and develop specialized models ...
Ars Technica

Paper: Stable Diffusion “memorizes” some images, sparking privacy concerns

But out of 300,000 high-probability images tested, researchers found a 0.03% memorization rate. However, Carlini’s results are not as clear-cut as they may first appear. Discovering instances of ...
TechCrunch

Stability AI releases its latest image-generating model, Stable Diffusion XL 1.0

AI startup Stability AI continues to refine its generative AI models in the face of increasing competition — and ethical challenges. Today, Stability AI announced the launch of Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 ...
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Inception raises $50 million to build diffusion models for code and text

With so much money flooding into AI startups, it’s a good time to be an AI researcher with an idea to test out. And if the idea is novel enough, it might be easier to get the resources you need as an ...
Ars Technica

New “Stable Video Diffusion” AI model can animate any still image

On Tuesday, Stability AI released Stable Video Diffusion, a new free AI research tool that can turn any still image into a short video—with mixed results. It’s an open-weights preview of two AI models ...