AI Image Generation: Diving into Diffusion Models

Previously, we explored how AI is learning to understand images and videos. We discussed vision transformers (ViTs) and pretraining methods like CLIP and MAE that help AI see the visual world. We saw how Vision Foundation Models can recognize objects, understand scenes, and even analyze videos. That’s already super impressive!

Vision AI isn’t just about understanding existing images – it’s also about learning to create brand-new images from scratch! This is called image generation, where AI starts to become truly creative.