Stability AI, a company that develops AI systems, recently raised a funding round to cover its high operating costs. With a cluster of more than 4,000 Nvidia A100 GPUs running in AWS, the company’s operating and cloud expenditures exceed 50 million US dollars. Founder Mostaque has expressed his firm attitude towards the open source community and employees controlling the company, and plans to use its computing to accelerate Open source basic AI. Stablibity Diffusion is an open source AI digital art tool that provides powerful functions and an open source service to the public. It has more than 10 million daily active users on all platforms, and its web program DreamStudio has also attracted 1.5 million users. From designing metaverse applications to making PowerPoint presentations, Stablibity Diffusion can handle it with ease, making it the perfect tool for creating interactive personalized content.
Stable Diffusion, an open-source AI platform, has been gaining popularity for its outstanding effects, but has also been criticized for its lack of moderation. This has allowed objectionable content such as graphic violence and pornography, and non-consensual deepfake images of celebrities to be created. In response, California Democrat Rep. Anna G. Eshoo has sent a letter to the National Security Council (NSA) and the Office of Science and Technology Policy, urging them to quickly resolve the issue. Additionally, Getty Images has banned users from uploading content generated by the Stable Diffusion system due to intellectual property considerations. The platform’s lack of moderation has caused a stir, and the government and other organizations are taking steps to address the issue.
Stability AI is a company that develops open source artificial intelligence tools, and has recently received investments from venture capital firms Coatue and Lightspeed. Sri Viswanath from Coatue values the company’s commitment to open source, while Gaurav Gupta from Lightspeed believes it has the potential to revolutionize content creation. Aemish Shah from General Global Capital is also an advisor to the company and is excited to support the democratization of artificial intelligence. Stability AI’s open source tools will enable innovation and empower people to create content more efficiently, making it easier for people to be creative.