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Stable Diffusion XL Turbo can generate AI images as fast as you can type
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The article says they ran it locally with Automatic1111. No need to be hampered by some website's rate limiting.
That would certainly be better. My local computer is suffering some Linux issues after a permanent move from windows, and I haven't set back up any local AI stuff until I sort it.
Sounds like your PC is just recovering from a case of windows ;).