Dec 20, 2023 10:37:00

Stability AI, developer of Stable Diffusion, announces paid membership for commercial use of models

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Jernej Furman

Stability AI, which develops the image generation AI 'Stable Diffusion,' has announced that it will standardize the way customers can commercially use its models and launch a paid membership plan. Stability AI says the paid membership is aimed at balancing profitability and openness, and will 'redefine' how users are granted commercial rights.

Memberships — Stability AI
https://stability.ai/membership

Introducing Stability AI Membership — Stability AI Japan
https://ja.stability.ai/blog/stability-ai-membership

Stability AI announces paid membership for commercial use of its models - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/19/24008149/stability-ai-paid-subscription-commercial-rights-safety

Membership includes the 'Non-Commercial' free plan for personal and research use, annual sales of less than $1 million (approximately 140 million yen), institutional investor funds of less than $1 million, and active users of 1 million. There are three types: ``Professional'', which is priced at $20 per month (approximately 2,800 yen) for creators, developers, and emerging companies with less than 100 people, and ``Enterprise'', which is for larger customers than the Professional plan and requires price consultation.

Both plans provide early access to new AI models such as SDXL (Stable Diffusion XL) Turbo , Stable Video Diffusion , and the large-scale language model ' Stable LM Zephyr 3B ', but only the Professional plan allows for commercial use. and Enterprise plans only. “As we continue to mature and scale, Stability AI membership will play a vital role in funding future research and core model development,” Stability AI said in a statement. I am.

Stability AI CEO Emad Mostak commented on X (formerly Twitter) that ``Membership pricing is meant to be simple.''

Launching Stability AI memberships for flat rate commercial use of our new core models.

Free for personal/research use, $20 a month for up to $1m revenue/funding or 1m users, grants available

Figuring out pricing above trying to keep it simple.

Please do give feedback https://t.co/D6NN8Arw7I

— Emad (@EMostaque) December 14, 2023

The IT news site The Verge has raised questions about the puzzling part of 'commercial use.' In fact, on the Stable Diffusion subreddit on the online bulletin board site Reddit, commercial use is only applicable to those who use the model to provide their own generative AI services. Issues such as whether all users must pay usage fees are being debated. The Verge pointed out that since it has already been shown that works generated by AI such as Stable Diffusion are not protected by copyright, it is not clear on what basis royalties will be generated.