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Freepik , the online graphical design platform , uncover a Modern “ open ” AI image model on Tuesday that the ship’s company says was prepare entirely on commercially certify , “ secure - for - work ” images .
The example , calledF Lite , contains around 10 billion parameter — parameters being the internal factor that make up the fashion model . F Lite was developed in partnership with AI startup Fal.ai and trained using 64 Nvidia H100 GPUs over the course of two months , according to Freepik .
F Lite joins a minor and growing collection of generative AI models trained on licensed datum .
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• unconstipated version : more predictable and prompt - close , but less artistic : https://t.co / MyWsKer9Ir
• Texture version : is more disorderly and computer error - prostrate , but delivers good texture and…pic.twitter.com/GX5mIpYE8O
— Javi Lopez ⛩ ️ ( @javilopen)April 29 , 2025
Generative AI is at the center of right of first publication lawsuits against AI companies , includingOpenAIandMidjourney . It ’s oft developed using massive amount of content — including copyright content — from public source around the web . Most companies developing these models arguefair useshields their pattern of using copyrighted data for training without compensating the owners . Many Jehovah and IP rights holder dissent .
Freepik has made two flavors of F Lite available , standard and texture , both of which were rail on an internal dataset of around 80 million paradigm . Standard is more predictable and “ quick - close , ” while texture is more “ misplay - prone ” but delivers better texture and originative compositions , consort to the company .
Here ’s an ikon from the standard mannequin generated with the prompt “ A person standing in front of a sunset , in majestic environs . ”
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Freepik pretend no claim that F Lite produce images superior to lead image generators like Midjourney ’s V7 , Black Forest Labs ’ Flux family , or others . The destination was to make a model openly available so that developers could sew and ameliorate it , according to the company .
That being said , running F Lite is no easy feat . The model demand a GPU with at least 24 GB of VRAM .
Other companies develop medium - generating manikin on licensed data includeAdobe , Bria , Getty Images , Moonvalley , and Shutterstock . count on how AI copyright lawsuits shake out , the market could uprise exponentially .
