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Sumith Kulal@sumith1896
Diffusion Circle happening today @CVPR #CVPR206
Upper Lobby F at 3:30pm, come join us!
9:09 AM · Jun 6, 2026 · 166 Views
Sumith Kulal hosts the informal Diffusion Circle meetup at CVPR 2026, drawing dozens of generative AI researchers
About 40 practitioners gathered to discuss generative model research.
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Positive users praise the Diffusion Circle's organic growth from small non-corporate beginnings into a valued tradition at conferences like CVPR, while negative users dismiss it as academic circles for AI shills.
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Sumith Kulal@sumith1896
Diffusion Circle happening today @CVPR #CVPR2026
Upper Lobby F at 3:30pm, come join us!
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Sander Dieleman@sedielem
So good to see this tradition grow stronger every year! The diffusion circle started with ~10 of us sitting on the floor of the eerily empty Baltimore Convention Center at ICML 2022, and we've kept it going ever since. We need more circles at conferences, diffusion or otherwise😁
Sumith Kulal@sumith1896
Thanks all for coming and circling with us!
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Tanishq Mathew Abraham, Ph.D.@iScienceLuvr
Diffusion circle happening right now at CVPR. This conference tradition is always a great experience. Unfortunately not there right now but recommend anyone interested in diffusion to join!
Sumith Kulal@sumith1896
Diffusion Circle happening today @CVPR #CVPR2026
Upper Lobby F at 3:30pm, come join us!
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Sumith Kulal@sumith1896
@CVPR pls tag folks around and help spread the word: @dustin_podell @robrombach @ArashVahdat @karsten_kreis @chenlin_meng @mshlguo @jathushan @hyperparticle @cusuh_ @kaan_oktay @shacklettbp @iScienceLuvr
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Sumith Kulal@sumith1896
@CSProfKGD ever growing circle ⭕️
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Julien Blanchon 🇺🇦@JulienBlanchon
@sumith1896 @multimodalart spotted
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Jan Niklas@jankolf_de
@sumith1896 Was great, thanks for bringing us together
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Mihir@mihirneal
@iScienceLuvr Go on a hike at Flatirons!
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Blissy@BlissyOnX
@sedielem there is something genuinely nice about a tradition that started small and just kept going
every conference should have a spot like this
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Strata@ChainZenit
@sedielem Academic circles for AI shills, seen it all before.
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Rugbist@rugbist_
@sedielem starting with 10 people on a convention center floor is wild, 10x that now and still not corporate is the real win
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Aeron@aeronxbt
@sedielem was at that first circle on the floor. didnt realize how big it got until i saw photos from this year.
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Dante@thedntx
@sedielem starting with ~10 on a hotel floor and now this is the best timeline
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