Architecture

Diffusion Model

Also known as: diffusion, image model

In one line

The AI architecture behind most image and video generators.

What does Diffusion Model mean?

Diffusion models learn to reverse a noise-adding process: start from random pixels and denoise step by step into a coherent image guided by a text prompt.

A real-world example

Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, DALL-E, and Sora all use diffusion under the hood.

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