Stability AI’s Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 is an open weights AI image synthesis model that generates high-resolution images from text prompts. It can be downloaded and run locally for free, with improved image quality and prompt fidelity.
However, generating quality images requires careful prompting and trial and error, and SDXL has higher memory requirements and slower generation times when run locally. Community-driven development is expected to continue, extending rendering capabilities beyond the base model.
