Reddit users suspect Qwen Image 2.1 is heavily distilled from GPT Image
Netsuko · reddit · 2026-09-20
Reddit user Netsuko observes that Qwen Image 2.1 outputs carry GPT Image's characteristic "texture," speculating it may be distilled from one of OpenAI's image models — similar to how many LLMs trained on heavy Claude outputs get mistaken for Claude. Pure speculation, no evidence yet.
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