Stability AI today launched Stable Diffusion 3 Medium, which the Britishstartupcalls its most advanced text-to-image open model yet.
It also overcomes common artefacts in hands and faces, Stability said.
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Stability described the text generation accuracy as unprecedented.
The company attributes these improvements to theDiffusion Transformer architecture.
Another core attraction is the models size.
Christian Laforte, Stabilitys co-CEO,told TNW that the startup plans to continuously improve the model.
Anyone interested in large-scale commercial use cancontact the startupfor licensing details.
Problems and solutions for Stability AI
SD3 Medium arrives inturbulent times for Stability.
Founded in 2020, the startup was soon acclaimed as one of generative AIs emerging leaders.
Alongside rivals Midjourney andOpenAIsDall-E, Stable Diffusion rose to the summit of the nascent text-to-image sub-sector.
In 2022, investorsvalued the startupat $1bn.
Since then, however, a flurry of lawsuits and financial concerns have engulfed the business.
Artists havesued the companyfor training its AI models on their work without consent.
Stability has also discussed a sale as it faces a cash crunch, The Informationreported last month.
The software, however, has consistently impressed.
Images from SD3 Medium suggest that the performance has been further enhanced.
Further upgrades are already in the pipeline and not just for images.
According to Laforte, the company is also focusing on multimodal efforts across video, audio, and language.
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He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
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