Alibaba Cloud Releases Tongyi Wanxiang for AI Image Generation
- By Paul Mah
- July 12, 2023
Alibaba Cloud at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference 2023 last week unveiled its latest AI image generation model, Tongyi Wanxiang, which it says is a groundbreaking AI generation model.
‘Wanxiang’ means ‘tens of thousands of images’.
Tongyi Wanxiang
According to Alibaba, the generative AI model is adept at handling various tasks, responding to text prompts in Chinese and English to generate detailed images in an array of styles, encompassing watercolors, oil and Chinese painting, animation, sketch, flat illustration, and 3D cartoons.
Moreover, it can transform any image into a new one with a similar style and stylize images through style transfer, which preserves the content of the original image while applying the visual style of another picture.
Multilingual materials were used for enhanced training, while a robust semantic comprehension capability means more accurate and contextually relevant image generation.
It can reportedly strike a balance between composition accuracy and detail sharpness while enhancing its ability to generate high-contrast, visually stunning images with clean backgrounds.
Tongyi Wanxiang was developed using Composer, Alibaba Cloud’s proprietary large model.
“Tongyi Wanxiang represents another significant milestone in our pursuit of advanced generative AI models as we continue to explore paradigm-shifting technologies that empower businesses and communities to unleash greater creativity and productivity,” said Jingren Zhou, CTO of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence.
“With the release of Tongyi Wanxiang, high-quality generative AI imagery will become more accessible, facilitating the development of innovative AI art and creative expressions for businesses across a wide range of sectors, including e-commerce, gaming, design, and advertising,” said Zhou.
Alibaba also announced the launch of ModelScopeGPT, a versatile framework designed to assist users in accomplishing complex and specialized AI tasks across language, vision, and speech domains by leveraging various AI on its ModelScope platform.
ModelScope is an open-source Model-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform introduced by Alibaba Cloud last year, with over 900 AI models.
Earlier this year, Alibaba introduced its LLM Tongyi Qianwen, which was subsequently integrated into its intelligent assistant Tingwu last month.
For now, enterprise customers in China can apply for beta testing of Tongyi Wanxiang at https://wanxiang.aliyun.com/.
Paul Mah is the editor of DSAITrends. A former system administrator, programmer, and IT lecturer, he enjoys writing both code and prose. You can reach him at [email protected].
Image credit: Alibaba Cloud
Paul Mah
Paul Mah is the editor of DSAITrends, where he report on the latest developments in data science and AI. A former system administrator, programmer, and IT lecturer, he enjoys writing both code and prose.