BFL and Krea release FLUX.1 Krea: Open image model designed for realism
Black Forest Labs and Krea AI have released FLUX.1 Krea [dev], an open text-to-image model designed to generate more realistic images with fewer of the exaggerated, AI-typical textures.<br /> The article BFL and Krea release FLUX.1 Krea: Open image model designed for realism appeared first on THE DECODER. [...]
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