There really are some “free lunches” in generative models. Really impressive work by this group. Ultimately, their model may not be the winner, because so much of what makes a good image gen model is the images and captioning that go into it, and the fine-tuning for aesthetic quality — something Midjourney and Flux both excel at. But the architecture here certainly will get into the hands of the people who can make the next great model.
Looking forward to it. This space just keeps getting more interesting.