Research for the model was done by the CompVis at LMU Munich.
Curating the data set was supported by Laion, a German non profit and Eluther, also a non profit.
I do not know the details, but based on the fact that some of the orgs involved in the project literally exists to democratise ai, I believe that many of the stake holders in that project were adamant about open sourcing it.
I do not know the details, but based on the fact that some of the orgs involved in the project literally exists to democratise ai, I believe that many of the stake holders in that project were adamant about open sourcing it.