A vintage-style book titled 'Invention of Diffusion' with an ornate gold frame on the cover. The book has a sage green leather spine and dusty rose center, symbolizing the history of diffusion models in AI.

History of Diffusion models

In this topic we will explore

  • Who invented diffusion models
  • Why they became important
  • How they are structured

Diffusion models didn’t just appear overnight. Thanks to years of research, they have transformed AI art.

Now that you know their history, let’s explore how they actually work!

Drag & Match Quiz – AI Diffusion

🧠 AI Diffusion Drag & Match Quiz

1️⃣ Match the Year with the Event

🔬 First research by Jascha Sohl-Dickstein (Stanford)
🚀 OpenAI introduces diffusion-based AI
🌎 Stable Diffusion is released

2️⃣ Match the Diffusion Process

➡ Image turns into noise
⬅ AI reconstructs the image from noise

🖱 Drag the correct answers:

2015
2020
2022
Forward Diffusion
Reverse Diffusion