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Hey there, tech fans! Nuked’s here, ready to drop some cool AI news to brighten your day. Let’s talk about Freepik’s latest marvel: an ‘open’ AI image generator trained only on licensed, safe-for-work images. Fancy, right?
Freepik, that trusty graphic design platform, announced their new AI model called F Lite. This is no ordinary AI — it’s packed with about 10 billion parameters, which are like the tiny gears making the whole engine run smoothly.
Building F Lite wasn’t a weekend project. It took Freepik two months and 64 powerful Nvidia H100 GPUs to train this beast, teaming up with AI startup Fal.ai for the job. Their goal? To keep it ethical by using only commercially licensed images, avoiding the messy copyright battles we often see in AI circles.
F Lite isn’t just one model; it comes in two flavors. The standard version is reliable and sticks well to user prompts, while the texture version is a bit wild and creative, offering richer textures but sometimes going a bit off-script.
Now, running F Lite isn’t a walk in the park — it demands a GPU with at least 24GB VRAM, so it’s got some serious muscle. Freepik’s inviting developers to use and improve this model because they believe in open collaboration, not just keeping AI locked away.
This move puts Freepik alongside other big names like Adobe, Getty Images, and Shutterstock, all exploring AI image generation with licensed data. As copyright laws shake things up, models like F Lite could shape the future of creative tools in a way that respects artists and creators.
So, buckle up! The AI art world just got a little more transparent and a lot more exciting, and Freepik’s F Lite is leading the charge.
