We have trained four StyleGAN2 image generation models and are releasing checkpoints and training code. We are exploring how to improve/scale up StyleGAN training, particularly when leveraging TPUs.

While everyone is excited about DALL·E/diffusion models, training those is currently out of reach for most practitioners. Craiyon (formerly DALL·E mega) has been training for months on a huge TPU 256 machine. In comparison our models were each trained in less than 10h on a machine 32x smaller. StyleGAN models also still offer unrivaled photorealism when trained on narrow domains (eg thispersondoesnotexist.com), even though diffusion models are catching up due to massive cash investments in that direction.