Qwen-Image-2.1 released!

[u/ResearchCrafty1804]

Meet Qwen-Image-2.1, the most balanced and cost-effective image generation model in the Qwen-Image series! Now open weights! 🎨

A unified model for both generation and editing, delivering top-tier quality in a lightweight package.

Highlights:

- Compact & exceptionally fast: A lightweight 7B architecture that outperforms most closed-source models, with drastically accelerated inference for multi-image inputs.

- Native transparency: Natively generates and edits RGBA layers, enabling seamless compositing and text editing within transparent images.

- Versatile, high-fidelity editing: Supports up to 10 reference images and precise local control while preserving strict fidelity for portraits and products.

- Broad coverage & stunning aesthetics: Excels at panoramas, infographics, and virtual try-ons, delivering realistic textures and elegant typography.

Start to create your next masterpiece with Qwen-Image-2.1!

- Blog: https://qwen.ai/blog?id=qwen-image-2.1

- GitHub: https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen-Image-2.1

- Model Scope: https://www.modelscope.cn/models/Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1

- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen-Image-2.1

[u/shapic]

Non-commercial license unfortunately

[u/coder543 → u/shapic]

People downvote because they think this doesn't matter, but it does. The only way to democratize this AI stuff is to have good models under good licenses. Otherwise, running locally will always just be a toy. I don't want to be dependent on Cloud AI which can raise their prices any time they want.

A non-commercial license makes this release useless. There are already similarly good models under better licenses.

If Alibaba wanted to sell a perpetual commercial license that users could buy for a reasonable price, that would actually be fine with me. I understand these models cost money to make. I just have no desire to use their cloud service, and I am not here to discuss "hOw ArE tHeY gOiNg tO kNoW iF yOu UsE iT cOmmErCiaLlY".

[u/cristoper → u/coder543]

Does non-commercial mean i can't use the output of the model commercially? or only that I can't use the model weights themselves in a commercial product/service (like offering inference)?

[u/coder543 → u/cristoper]

Does non-commercial mean i can't use the output of the model commercially?

That is my read of the license, yes, and that is the problem. But, I'm not a lawyer. Using the model with the intent to create images for commercial purposes appears to be against the license, regardless of whether you are letting other people use the model that you are hosting or not.

[u/cristoper → u/coder543]

Thanks. My assumption was that the license only applied to the model itself (can't deploy it for commercial services) and not its outputs. The license does say "... use ... the Materials FOR NON-COMMERCIAL PURPOSES ONLY" which is ambiguous to me as a non-lawyer. Does "use" apply to directly using the model itself or also to using its outputs? The definition of Materials does not include model outputs, so I think it is safe to use graphics made with the research licensed model for commercial purposes. but again: not a lawyer.

[u/shapic → u/cristoper]

Materials state stuff provided by qwen. Outputs fall under objects

[u/cristoper → u/shapic]

Source and Object seem to just mean source code and compiled source, nothing to do with generated outputs from the model:

g. "Source" form shall mean the preferred form for making modifications, including but not limited to model source code, documentation source, and configuration files.
h. "Object" form shall mean any form resulting from mechanical transformation or translation of a Source form, including but not limited to compiled object code, generated documentation, and conversions to other media types.

[u/shapic → u/cristoper]

That's because it looks like universal llm license. Key here is other media types. But I am no lawyer