Stable Diffusion

Apple recently released MLX — or ML Explore — the company's machine learning (ML) framework for Apple Silicon computers. The company's latest framework is specifically designed to simplify the process of training and running ML models on computers that are powered by Apple's M1, M2, and M3 series chips. The company says that MLX features a unified memory model. Apple has also demonstrated the use of the framework, which is open source, allowing machine learning enthusiasts to run the framework on their laptop or…

Popular artificial intelligence (AI) image generator, Stable Diffusion, perpetuates harmful racial and gendered stereotypes, US scientists have found. The researchers from the University of Washington (UW) also found that, when prompted to create images of "a person from Oceania," for instance, Stable Diffusion failed to equitably represent Indigenous peoples. The generator tended to sexualise images of women from certain Latin American countries (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru) as well as those from Mexico, India and Egypt,…

Popular artificial intelligence (AI) image generator, Stable Diffusion, perpetuates harmful racial and gendered stereotypes, US scientists have found.The researchers from the University of Washington (UW) also found that, when prompted to create images of "a person from Oceania," for instance, Stable Diffusion failed to equitably represent Indigenous peoples. The generator tended to sexualise images of women from certain Latin American countries (Colombia, Venezuela, Peru) as well as those from Mexico, India and Egypt,…

Stability AI, the British artificial intelligence startup behind the Stable Diffusion image generator, has explored selling the company as management faces increased pressure from investors over its financial position.The London-based firm has presented itself as an acquisition target in recent weeks, and held early-stage conversations with multiple companies, according to several people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified because the discussions were private. A deal is not imminent and the company…

Today, November 29, was another pivotal day in the artificial intelligence space as interesting developments were seen throughout the day. In the first incident, the Uttar Pradesh government is gearing up to modernize the land consolidation processes with an aim to make it simpler and more accessible with the help of AI and ML technologies. In other news, experts at the 7th Foundation Day function of the department of critical care medicine at King George's Medical University said that AI can help in the provisional…

Stable Diffusion's generative art can now be animated, developer Stability AI announced. The company has released a new product called Stable Video Diffusion into a research preview, allowing users to create video from a single image. "This state-of-the-art generative AI video model represents a significant step in our journey toward creating models for everyone of every type," the company wrote.The new tool has been released in the form of two image-to-video models, each capable of generating 14 to 25 frames long at…

The weekend is almost here but before you zone out, here are the most noteworthy developments from the artificial intelligence world. In the first incident, Discord, the popular social media platform is getting rid of its in-house experimental AI chatbot Clyde. It will no longer be available from December 1, 2023. In other news, Microsoft has made changes to its AI image generator tool after it created very close resembling images of Disney posters, along with its logo. This and more in today's AI roundup. Let us take a…

Unity has announced that its Muse AI platform is now available in an early access build for general use. The Muse is a collection of AI-powered tools designed to streamline the game development process, especially for those who don't have the time or inclination for intensive coding.Muse costs $30 per month and will start with texture and sprite generation before progressing to animation and coding.Unity Muse offers AI-powered features, including a chatbot that allows you to interact and obtain usable code. The chatbot…

At Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft introduced an AI assistant for Azure troubleshooting and more. Azure now hosts NVIDIA generative AI foundation models. Microsoft’s generative AI assistant Copilot is now available in limited preview for IT teams using Azure, the company announced today during the Microsoft Ignite conference. Microsoft expects to expand Copilot for Azure to the Azure mobile app and the Azure command line interface at an unspecified time in the future. During Microsoft Ignite, generative…

A Stability AI Ltd. co-founder has sued the company, claiming he was tricked into selling his stake for $100 months before the British artificial intelligence startup hit a $1 billion valuation.Cyrus Hodes said he sold his 15% stake in Stability AI to another co-founder, Emad Mostaque, in two transactions in October 2021 and May 2022, according to a federal lawsuit filed Thursday in San Francisco. Hodes alleges that Mostaque had led him to believe the company was “essentially worthless.” By August 2022, Stability AI had…