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The AI art scene is getting hotter. Sana, a new AI model introduced by Nvidia, runs high-quality 4K image generation on consumer-grade hardware, thanks to a clever mix of techniques that differ a bit from the way traditional image generators work. Sana’s speed comes from what Nvidia calls a “deep compression autoencoder” that squeezes image data down to 1/32nd of its original size—while keeping all the details intact. The model pairs this with the Gemma 2 LLM to understand prompts, creating a system that punches well above its weight class on modest hardware. If the final product is as good as the public demo, Sana promises to be a brand new image generator built to run on less demanding systems, which will be a huge advantage for Nvidia as it tries to reach even more users. “Sana-0.6B is very competitive with modern giant diffusion model (e.g. Flux-12B), being 20 times smaller and 100+ times faster in measured throughput,” the team at Nvidia wrote on Sana’s research paper, “Moreover, Sana-0.6B can be deployed on a 16GB laptop GPU, taking less than 1 second to generate a 1024×1024 resolution image.” Image: Nvidia Yes, you read that right: Sana is a 0.6 Billion parameter model that competes against models 20 times its size, while generating images 4 times larger, in a fraction of the time. If that sounds too good to be true, you can try it yourself on a special interface set up by the MIT. Nvidia’s timing couldn’t be more pointed, with models like the recently introduced Stable Diffusion 3.5, the beloved Flux, and the new Auraflow already battling for attention. Nvidia plans to release its code as open source soon, a move that could solidify its position in the AI art world—while boosting sales of its GPUs and software tools,…

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