A MYSTERIOUS NEW IMAGE GENERATION MODEL HAS APPEARED

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The “red_panda” model outperforms Midjourney, Black Forest Labs, and OpenAI models on the Artificial Analysis benchmark, ranking 40 Elo points above Black Forest Labs' Flux1.1 Pro, the next-best-ranking model. Crowdsourced from AI enthusiasts, red_panda produces images quickly, generating results in around 7 seconds. Its origin and release plans may soon be revealed.