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What is Diffusion Model?

A plain-English explanation of Diffusion Model (Diffusion Model) — what it means, why it matters, and how it is used in AI.

Diffusion Model
Diffusion Model
A diffusion model is a type of generative AI model that learns to create new images, audio, or other data by learning to reverse a process of gradually adding noise.
"Stable Diffusion and DALL-E 3 are diffusion models that generate photorealistic images from text descriptions."

Also known as: Diffusion model, score-based model, denoising diffusion model

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Why does Diffusion Model matter?

Diffusion models power AI image generation tools used in design, advertising, and entertainment.

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