Open Source AI Coalition Plans New Model to Compete With Stable Diffusion
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A newly formed alliance of open-source AI developers has ambitious plans to launch a new AI model, one that could compete directly with Stable Diffusion and its controversial latest release. The Open Model Initiative (OMI) was launched last week by Invoke, a Generative AI platform for Professional Studios, Comfy.org, which focuses on the development of ComfyUI, and CivitAI, the world’s largest Stable Diffusion repository. Now, the group is spearheading a community-driven effort aimed at developing open-source AI models for image, video, and audio generation. “I hope to have the OMI launch a new, next-gen model that the community can rally behind and build support for in the next three to six months—an ambitious goal for a new organization, but one that I am confident we can achieve,” Kent Keirsey, CEO of Invoke AI, told Decrypt. The OMI aims to develop open-source models of equal or greater quality than proprietary models (like Ideogram or MidJourney) but free of restrictive licensing terms. “Comfy is inclined to leverage a better-designed SD3.” CivitAI declared in a recent post. This initiative comes shortly after the launch of SD3 by Stability AI, which was criticized for its restrictive licensing terms. While the Stable Diffusion family of AI models has been massively popular, the SD3 license was deemed so restrictive that it led to its ban from CivitAI. To prevent this from happening again, the organization advocates for truly open-source development and will likely adopt the MIT or Apache-2 license, which ensures truly open, non-restrictive models subject to minimum conditions. “We believe open source is the best way forward to ensure that AI benefits everyone,” the members said in an open letter. “By teaming up, we can deliver high-quality, competitive models with open licenses that push AI creativity forward, are free to use, and meet the needs…
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