IEEE BITS review: diffusion models enable near-optimal rate-distortion-realism generative compression

StephanMandt · x · 2026-09-14

A new IEEE BITS review article, led by Yibo Yang from Stephan Mandt's group, surveys generative compression: instead of transmitting all image detail, diffusion models can reconstruct it at the decoder, achieving near-optimal rate-distortion-realism tradeoffs.

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