recently,RunwaySuddenly fromHugging FaceThe platform secretly deleted itCodebase, including the highly anticipated Stable Diffusion v1.5 project, this move caused quite a stir in the technology circle.
Runway’s actions not only left no trace, but also did not notify Hugging Face or any community members. Even more shocking is that even the page on GitHub has become empty. This sudden change has undoubtedly caused trouble for developers and researchers who rely on these resources.
https://huggingface.co/runwayml
Runway was a participant in the Stable Diffusion research and had a seat in the relevant papers. They confidently open-sourced the Stable Diffusion 1.5 version on HuggingFace. However, this action caused controversy due to copyright issues, and eventually the version was required to be removed from the shelves.
https://huggingface.co/runwayml/stable-diffusion-v1-5
In the face of copyright disputes, Runway's CEO/co-founder has publicly stated that releasing Stable Diffusion 1.5 is a reasonable behavior. He emphasized that the authors of the research include members of Runway ML and the University of Munich, and that the relevant research and code were open sourced last year.
https://github.com/runwayml/stable-diffusion
In addition to open source projects, Runway has also launched its own products, such as the Gen-3Alpha video solution.
There are many speculations about Runway's sudden deletion. Some people think that this may be related to previous copyright issues, while others speculate that it may be due to competitive pressure in the market, such as the rise of Cog-5B, which has brought challenges to Runway.