Online graphic design platform Freepik announced its new “open” AI image model on Tuesday.
The model, called F Lite, contains approximately 10 billion parameters. This is the internal component whose parameters make up the model. According to Freepik, F Lite was developed in collaboration with AI Startup Fal.AI and trained over two months using 64 NVIDIA H100 GPUs.
F Lite participates in a small, growing collection of generated AI models trained with licensed data.
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•Normal version: More predictable and quick loyal, but less artistic: https://t.co/mywsker9ir
• Texture version: More chaotic and error prone, but better texture and… pic.twitter.com/gx5mipye8o
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Generated AI is at the heart of copyright lawsuits against AI companies, including Openai and Midjourney. It is frequently developed using a large amount of content, including copyrighted content, from public sources around the web. Most companies developing these models argue that fair use protects the practice of using copyrighted data for training without compensating owners. Many creators and IP rights holders disagree.
Freepik has made two Flavors of F Lites available. Both were trained on an internal dataset of approximately 80 million images. The standard is more predictable and “fast faithful”, while textures are more “error prone”, but offers better textures and creative compositions, according to the company.
This is a standard model image generated with the prompt “person standing in front of the sunset in a majestic environment.”
Freepik does not claim that F Lite produces better images than major image generators such as Midjourney’s V7 and Black Forest Labs’ Flux Family. The goal was to make the model publicly available so developers can adjust and improve it, according to the company.
That being said, running f lite is not easy. This model requires a GPU with at least 24GB of VRAM.
Other companies that develop media generation models for license data include Adobe, Bria, Getty Images, Moonvalley and Shutterstock. The market could grow exponentially depending on how AI copyright lawsuits shaking.