Model release · curated entry
Stable Diffusion opens its weights to consumer GPUs
Stable Diffusion Public Release
- Date
- August 22, 2022
- Category
- Model release
- Organization / Model
- Stability AI
- Evidence
- 1 source · 1 evidence family
Stability AI publicly released Stable Diffusion weights, so high-quality image generation ran on consumer graphics cards. An open-source ecosystem formed around it almost immediately.
Curator's note: Cross-checked against the Stability AI official announcement.
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AI 纪年. Stable Diffusion 开源，消费级显卡也能生成图像[EB/OL]. (2022-08-22)[2026-11-03]. https://aihist.net/e/stable-diffusion-2022.html.
APA 7 · American Psychological Association
AI 纪年. (2022, August 22). Stable Diffusion 开源，消费级显卡也能生成图像 [Web page]. https://aihist.net/e/stable-diffusion-2022.html
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"Stable Diffusion 开源，消费级显卡也能生成图像." AI 纪年, 22 Aug. 2022, aihist.net/e/stable-diffusion-2022.html. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.
Chicago 17 · notes-bibliography
AI 纪年. "Stable Diffusion 开源，消费级显卡也能生成图像." Published Aug. 22, 2022. Accessed Nov. 3, 2026. https://aihist.net/e/stable-diffusion-2022.html.
IEEE · citation-reference list
"Stable Diffusion 开源，消费级显卡也能生成图像," AI 纪年, 22 Aug. 2022. [Online]. Available: https://aihist.net/e/stable-diffusion-2022.html. [Accessed: 3 Nov. 2026].
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