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nova-d48w1024-sdxl1024

Available as managed deployment Image BAAI Text→image 1 variants 1k dl/mo

nova-d48w1024-sdxl1024 is an open-weight image model from BAAI. AxForge deploys and operates it for you on dedicated EU-owned hardware — with the licence handled where one is required.

Available as managed deployment — configured and operated for you on dedicated EU hardware, quoted per deployment.

What it is

Released byBAAI
TypeImage models
TaskText→image
Parameters (lead)647M
Runs withdiffusers
Released2024-12-17
Popularity1k downloads / month
LicenceOpen weights

About

What nova-d48w1024-sdxl1024 is

Model Details

  • Developed by: BAAI
  • Model type: Non-quantized Autoregressive Text-to-Image Generation Model
  • Model size: 645M
  • Model precision: torch.float16 (FP16)
  • Model resolution: 1024x1024
  • Model Description: This is a model that can be used to generate and modify images based on text prompts. It is a Non-quantized Video Autoregressive (NOVA) diffusion model that uses a pretrained text encoder (Phi-2) and one VAE image tokenizer (SDXL-VAE).
  • Model License: Apache 2.0 License
  • Resources for more information: GitHub Repository.

Examples

Using the 🤗's Diffusers library to run NOVA in a simple and efficient manner.

pip install diffusers transformers accelerate
pip install git+ssh://git@github.com/baaivision/NOVA.git

Running the pipeline:

Read the full model card
import torch
from diffnext.pipelines import NOVAPipeline

model_id = "BAAI/nova-d48w1024-sdxl1024"
model_args = {"torch_dtype": torch.float16, "trust_remote_code": True}
pipe = NOVAPipeline.from_pretrained(model_id, **model_args)
pipe = pipe.to("cuda")

prompt = "a shiba inu wearing a beret and black turtleneck."
image = pipe(prompt).images[0]

image.save("shiba_inu.jpg")

Uses

Direct Use

The model is intended for research purposes only. Possible research areas and tasks include

  • Research on generative models.
  • Applications in educational or creative tools.
  • Generation of artworks and use in design and other artistic processes.
  • Probing and understanding the limitations and biases of generative models.
  • Safe deployment of models which have the potential to generate harmful content.

Excluded uses are described below.

Out-of-Scope Use

The model was not trained to be factual or true representations of people or events, and therefore using the model to generate such content is out-of-scope for the abilities of this model.

Misuse and Malicious Use

Using the model to generate content that is cruel to individuals is a misuse of this model. This includes, but is not limited to:

  • Mis- and disinformation.
  • Representations of egregious violence and gore.
  • Impersonating individuals without their consent.
  • Sexual content without consent of the people who might see it.
  • Sharing of copyrighted or licensed material in violation of its terms of use.
  • Intentionally promoting or propagating discriminatory content or harmful stereotypes.
  • Sharing content that is an alteration of copyrighted or licensed material in violation of its terms of use.
  • Generating demeaning, dehumanizing, or otherwise harmful representations of people or their environments, cultures, religions, etc.

Limitations and Bias

Limitations

  • The autoencoding part of the model is lossy.
  • The model cannot render complex legible text.
  • The model does not achieve perfect photorealism.
  • The fingers, .etc in general may not be generated properly.
  • The model was trained on a subset of the web datasets LAION-5B and COYO-700M, which contains adult, violent and sexual content.

Bias

While the capabilities of image generation models are impressive, they can also reinforce or exacerbate social biases.

From the published model card. Full card on the HuggingFace links in the sidebar.

How it works

How image models work

Text promptwhat to makeText encoderunderstands itDiffusion stepsdenoise to pixelsImagePNG / JPEGA diffusion model starts from noise and denoises it, guided by your prompt, into a finished image.

Using it via the API

Call it like any OpenAI endpoint

Once AxForge deploys nova-d48w1024-sdxl1024 for you, it answers on the OpenAI-compatible API — the same base URL and keys as every other model. (nova-d48w1024-sdxl1024 below is illustrative; you get the exact model name on deployment.)

$ curl -sS https://api.axforge.ai/v1/images/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AXFORGE_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"nova-d48w1024-sdxl1024","prompt":"a red bicycle","size":"1024x1024"}'

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