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    A brief history of diffusion models

    Diffusion models just took over AI image generation, but their reach goes way beyond art. Inspired by thermodynamics, the technology reconstructs data by removing noise step-by-step, guided by OpenAI's CLIP. Why it matters: Researchers are already using diffusion to compose music, design custom proteins, and synthesize DNA sequences.

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    Stanford researchers fine-tune Stable Diffusion to generate medical X-rays

    Stanford AIMI researchers just showed that fine-tuning off-the-shelf Stable Diffusion can generate clinically accurate chest X-rays with recognizable lung abnormalities. Why it matters: Building medical imaging models usually requires massive proprietary datasets and prohibitive compute, but repurposing open-source diffusion models slashes the barrier to training AI for rare diseases.