A few years ago, a new kind of AI called a diffusion model appeared. Today, it powers tools like Stable Diffusion and Runway Gen-2, turning text prompts into high-quality images and even short videos.

Diffusion models gradually refine and produce a requested output, sometimes starting from random noise—values generated by the model itself—and sometimes working from user-provided data. Think of ...

Following a string of controversies stemming from technical hiccups and licensing changes, AI startup Stability AI has announced its latest family of image-generation models. The new Stable Diffusion ...

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Key opportunities in the hardware-optimized diffusion model IP market include integration of AI in systems, demand for ...

The development of large language models (LLMs) is entering a pivotal phase with the emergence of diffusion-based architectures. These models, spearheaded by Inception Labs through its new Mercury ...

Amid the flood of AI-related announcements at Google’s I/O developer conference Tuesday was a brief demo that, although it didn’t get much stage time, has AI insiders buzzing. Gemini Diffusion, an ...

LAION, the German research org that created the data used to train Stable Diffusion, among other generative AI models, has released a new dataset that it claims has been “thoroughly cleaned of known ...

“Macro placement is a vital step in digital circuit design that defines the physical location of large collections of components, known as macros, on a 2-dimensional chip. The physical layout obtained ...

With powerful video generation tools now in the hands of more people than ever, let's take a look at how they work. MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of ...