Stability AI releases SDXL 1.0
Stability AI released SDXL 1.0 and published its model weights and source code. The model generates native 1024 × 1024 images through a two-stage base-and-refiner pipeline.
What happened
Event details
Stability AI released SDXL 1.0 on July 26, 2023. Its two-stage latent diffusion pipeline first generates latents with a base model and then completes the final denoising steps with a refiner. Stability AI released the model weights and source code and made the model available through its API, Clipdrop, DreamStudio, AWS SageMaker, and Amazon Bedrock.
Assessment
Why it matters
SDXL 1.0 improved resolution, composition, and detail among openly available image models and supported a broad ecosystem of fine-tunes and creative tools.
Availability
Access notes
The model weights and source code are public, with API and hosted-platform access also available.