Hands-on with Krea 1: Does It Really Get Rid of the “AI Look”?
I tested Krea 1 against GPT-4o, Seedream 3.0, and Imagen 4 to find out.
It’s a sign of our times that, when Krea AI released its first-ever in-house image model two weeks ago, this barely made a splash.
We’re constantly inundated with new language models, image models, video models, and other AI tools.
So when Krea 1 dropped, most of us collectively shrugged and moved right on.
I’m guilty of this, too. I’ve watched so many image models come and go over the years that a brand-new one rarely catches my eye (unless it’s something as paradigm-shifting as GPT-4o image generation).
But in its announcement, Krea made a unique promise that I’d like to put to the test:
“Krea 1 is our answer to the "AI look" problem. Most AI models suffer from soft textures, excessive contrast, and produce boring compositions or styles. Krea 1 ensures highly realistic, crisp textures, a wide variety of styles, and deep artistic knowledge—making AI images not look [like] AI anymore.”
An AI image model that sidesteps the “AI look”?
Color me intrigued!
