Earlier today, Emad Mostaque resigned from his role as CEO of Stability AI and from his position on the Board of Directors of the company to pursue decentralized AI. The Board of Directors has appointed Shan Shan Wong, our Chief Operating Officer, and Christian Laforte, our Chief Technology Officer
Damn. What’s happening over at stability? Emad was a pretty big face for the company.
But losing lead researchers, the CEO, what else?
Looking in Reddit’s stable Diffusion subreddit, seens like they suspect SD3 may not be free or downloadable? Like maybe investors are demanding more commercialization of their models, and Emad didn’t want to deal with that?
But also Emad seems like he’s up to something interesting. He mentions he still owns shares that give him majority vote at stability.
SD3 not being free would be so sad! OMG. It solves all my major issues with Stable Diffusion (which are pretty much the same with all the major competitors).
I just want to have reliable text generation and better control over where subjects are! (Without having to delve into the depths of ControlNet)
Though I suppose if history is a guide, if Stability AI doesn’t release SD3 someone else will release an equivalent… After a delay. The problem is the cost of research in this area is quite prohibitive so that delay could be years 😞
Damn. What’s happening over at stability? Emad was a pretty big face for the company.
But losing lead researchers, the CEO, what else?
Looking in Reddit’s stable Diffusion subreddit, seens like they suspect SD3 may not be free or downloadable? Like maybe investors are demanding more commercialization of their models, and Emad didn’t want to deal with that?
But also Emad seems like he’s up to something interesting. He mentions he still owns shares that give him majority vote at stability.
https://twitter.com/EMostaque/status/1771400218170519741
SD3 not being free would be so sad! OMG. It solves all my major issues with Stable Diffusion (which are pretty much the same with all the major competitors).
I just want to have reliable text generation and better control over where subjects are! (Without having to delve into the depths of ControlNet)
Though I suppose if history is a guide, if Stability AI doesn’t release SD3 someone else will release an equivalent… After a delay. The problem is the cost of research in this area is quite prohibitive so that delay could be years 😞
Wat? You cant be serious. That is not deep, not by a long long shot.
Look at it as an opportunity to learn more beyond prooompt no work. Passion is a great motivator for learning!