“Yandex” has released a prototype neural network “Masterpiece”

The Yandex company has released a prototype of the Masterpiece application for generating images using a neural network

Edition RBC referring to Yandex, reports that the company has released a prototype of the Masterpiece application, which generates images using a neural network. It is noted that the first version of the program was trained on 240 million examples of pictures with text descriptions, and its training is currently ongoing on a dataset of 500 million examples. By the time of the final release, as noted by the company, the application will be able to create banners, illustrations and images for online storefronts.

Yandex clarified that Masterpiece understands both Russian and English, and also “loves specifics very much,” so the more detailed the description, the more accurate the final result will be. The company emphasized that the neural network can take into account special wishes, such as “photorealism” or “high detail”, and it is also able to imitate famous artists, creating images in their styles.

Yandex also explained that images are created in the program using the cascade diffusion method, that is, first an image is generated that matches the request, and then its resolution is increased and details are added.