--- format: "aidr-story-markdown/v1" id: "96ca733706bea57bf97682c3edb4457c197a8df32fae6c959dc7e3d73f011948" canonical_url: "https://aidr.today/96ca7337?lang=en" title: "Sperid Labs Releases Iris-3B Open 3B Parameter Image Model Without VAE" lang: "en" requested_lang: "en" available_langs: ["en","vi"] translation_fallback: null fallback_fields: [] published_at: "2026-10-08T23:23:34.000Z" category: "Open Source" topics: ["open-source"] source_urls: ["https://huggingnews.com/ai/sperid-labs-releases-iris-3b-open-3b-parameter-image-model-without-vae-7fc1531e","https://marketbrief.now/ai/sperid-labs-releases-iris-3b-open-3b-parameter-image-model-without-vae-7fc1531e"] summary: "Sperid Labs released Iris-3B, a 3B parameter text-to-image model that bypasses traditional latent stages and is available under an Apache 2.0 license. The model's weights, source code, and a demonstration have been published. Developers also applied the model's generative prior to image restoration and depth estimation, as detailed in a research paper." --- # Sperid Labs Releases Iris\-3B Open 3B Parameter Image Model Without VAE > [Open the canonical story]() **Published:** 2026-10-08T23:23:34.000Z **Category:** Open Source **Topics:** open\-source ## Summary Sperid Labs released Iris\-3B, a 3B parameter text\-to\-image model that bypasses traditional latent stages and is available under an Apache 2\.0 license\. The model's weights, source code, and a demonstration have been published\. Developers also applied the model's generative prior to image restoration and depth estimation, as detailed in a research paper\. ## Sources - [Story source]() - [Story source]()