GANs are back!
"Scalable GANs with Transformers" shows that GANs are finicky but with the right setup, they can be scaled.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24935
The approach stabilizes training to challenge dominant diffusion models.
GANs are back!
"Scalable GANs with Transformers" shows that GANs are finicky but with the right setup, they can be scaled.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24935
Many users are excited about the paper showing transformers enable scalable GAN training because it revives older GAN methods and demonstrates they remain relevant instead of chasing hype.
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@jm_alexia did they just take https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.04589 and scaled it?

@jm_alexia Cooking something even better right now, just wait. :)

@jm_alexia Wow, these are some brave researchers :)

@jm_alexia love me a good GAN because I enjoy imagining the models fight each other

I think too, having it as a hybrid objective similar to mixing it in with VAE reconstruction losses or even tricks in the realm of GRPO feel helpful here

@jm_alexia Love seeing researchers revisit ideas instead of chasing hype only

@jm_alexia 🍿🧐 interesting transformer GANs in latent space feels like GANs might have a path again :3

@jm_alexia woohoo. Time for model collapse

@jm_alexia Type of paper i like. When you show some older method is still relevant. 👌 Though i love diffusion but it seems GANs are somehow unkillable.

@jm_alexia interesting. Sent you a DM about your research workflow. Please check it when you get a moment.

@jm_alexia GANs were the simplest form of training method. I loved creating them.

@jm_alexia why not cite mUP?

@jm_alexia GAN GAN GAN

@arataeb @jm_alexia From what skimmed, they modified relativistic gan loss and turned MSG into MNG. A couple out of many more for sure.

@jm_alexia i will forever love gans

Minimizing something like MMD against the real reference distribution (either against single sample or generated distribution) feels like a safer route somewhat for the goal of real/fake distinction and blending in at a distribution level

@jm_alexia Guess they were GAN but not forgotten

@SkyLi0n @jm_alexia 👀

@SkyLi0n @jm_alexia Hype! 🙌

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