AI's art: from Picasso to puffer pope.

AI's newfound skill in image generation has dazzled the internet, scoring wins in photography contests and even causing stock market hiccups with convincing fakes. While critics worry about copyright woes and the precarious future of human artists, the real star here is the diffusion model, the latest tech darling making this all possible. This article explains how these synthetic images are created.

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