LightGen all-optical chip for advanced generative AI addresses massive power/ speed bottlenecks currently facing traditional electronic hardware

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1109809

"more flexibility, utilizing optical latent space/ Bayes-based training algorithms... scalable to dimensionality of optical network... high density, integrating >2 million photonic neuron-mimicking structures... high-resolution image synthesis, video manipulation/ style transfer, advanced denoising... performs tasks with speed/ energy-efficiency several orders magnitude higher than current electronic GPUs/ AI accelerators... significant step toward making large-scale generative AI more sustainable and faster"