# Autoregressive Transformers Finally Beat Diffusion at Image Generation

- slug: autoregressive-transformers-finally-beat-diffusion-at-image-generation
- date: 2026-03-24
- category: Artificial Intelligence

Luma AI, the Palo Alto startup best known for AI video and 3D tools, is trying to make image generation look a little less like the diffusion era and a little more like the language-model era.

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