Is Stability turning into OpenAI?
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Stability AI has stepped into some drama recently. They are accused of a hostile takeover of the community-led sub-reddits and Discord servers, of going after an alternative web UI, and of falsely dealing out IP takedown notices.
OUTLINE:
0:00 - Intro
2:40 - Stability takes over community Discord & Reddit
14:50 - AUTOMATIC1111 web UI, stolen or not ?
24:50 - Stable Diffusion 1.5 takedown request
31:20 - Scary: Stability CIO statement on safety & openness
References:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/stability-ai-startup-behind-stable-170151950.html?guccounter=1
https://analyticsindiamag.com/when-stability-ai-went-rogue-on-reddit-rampage%ef%bf%bc/
https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/y12jo3/comment/irvsek2/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://imgur.com/a/JjpRpmP
https://imgur.com/a/JjpRpmP
https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/y19kdh/mod_here_my_side_of_the_story/
https://imgur.com/a/TpTMr0S
https://imgur.com/a/zTae3hz
https://imgur.com/a/QDNA6cG
https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/y17xn1/emad_in_discord_right_now/
https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/y156op/new_mods_hijacked_this_sub_2_weeks_ago/
https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/y1nc7t/rstablediffusion_should_be_independent_and_run_by/
https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui
https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui-feature-showcase
https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/y34h2a/comment/isiymmj/?context=3
https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui/discussions/2509
https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/y1uuvj/automatic1111_did_nothing_wrong_some_people_are/is298ix/?context=3
https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/y22zg6/comment/is1h02a/
https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/y1uuvj/automatic1111_did_nothing_wrong_some_people_are/
https://imgur.com/a/Z2QsOEw
https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/y0uvps/automatic1111_removed_from_pinned_guide/
https://huggingface.co/runwayml/stable-diffusion-v1-5/discussions/1#6351a36ca9a9ae18220726c7
https://danieljeffries.substack.com/p/why-the-future-of-open-source-ai
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