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From takeout menus to family group chats, AI-generated images are everywhere. The real problem isn't that they're fake—it's that they're fake in exactly the same way. Now that “likeness” has been perfected, what needs to be added next is “truth.”
Sep 27, 2026
Alibaba's Qwen Image 2.1 hit 739 points on Hacker News, and domestic text-to-image models are moving from "can generate images" to "being used in earnest." This piece covers parameters, prompts, real-world use cases, and the watermark question we'll have to face sooner or later.
Sep 27, 2026
Alibaba's Qwen Image 2.1, a 7B open-weight text-to-image model, topped Hacker News. Here's what its small size, strong CJK text, and local runs mean for creators.
Sep 27, 2026
