Researchers Uncover Hidden Ingredients Behind AI Creativity

“For years, researchers have wondered: If the models are just reassembling, then how does novelty come into the picture? It’s like reassembling your shredded painting into a completely new work of art.”

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“Now two physicists have made a startling claim: It’s the technical imperfections in the denoising process itself that leads to the creativity of diffusion models.”

https://www.quantamagazine.org/researchers-uncover-hidden-ingredients-behind-ai-creativity-20250630/