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LAION
The LAION nonprofit organization shares machine learning resources with the general public.
About LAION
LAION (Large-scale Artificial Intelligence Open Network) is a non-profit organization that provides datasets, tools and models for machine learning research. It states that its work supports open public education and more environment-friendly use of resources by reusing existing datasets and models.
The homepage lists four resources: LAION-400M, a dataset of 400 million English image-text pairs; LAION-5B, a dataset of 5.85 billion multilingual CLIP-filtered image-text pairs; Clip H/14, described as the largest CLIP vision transformer model; and LAION-Aesthetics, a subset of LAION-5B filtered by a model trained to score aesthetically pleasing images. A Re-LAION 5B release is dated 30.08.2024. The homepage does not describe license terms, download methods or usage conditions for these resources, so these should be checked on the relevant project pages before use.
Key features
- LAION-400M: open dataset of 400 million English image-text pairs
- LAION-5B: 5.85 billion multilingual CLIP-filtered image-text pairs
- Clip H/14: described as the largest CLIP vision transformer model
- LAION-Aesthetics: LAION-5B subset filtered by an aesthetic scoring model
- Re-LAION 5B release dated 30.08.2024 listed on the homepage
Best for: Machine learning researchers and developers who need large open image-text datasets and pretrained models.
Good for
- Presented as a non-profit organization focused on making machine learning resources publicly available
- States that it encourages reuse of existing datasets and models to reduce resource use
LAION at a glance
- Website
- laion.ai
- Category
- Research & Data › Open Data & Datasets
- Type
- Website
- Pricing
- Not confirmed. Check the site
- Platforms
- Web
- Open source
- Not stated
- Language
- English
- Last checked
- Oct 6, 2026 · Online when checked
- Listed
- Oct 5, 2026
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LAION FAQ
What datasets does LAION provide?
The homepage lists LAION-400M, with 400 million English image-text pairs, LAION-5B, with 5.85 billion multilingual CLIP-filtered image-text pairs, and LAION-Aesthetics, a subset of LAION-5B filtered for aesthetically pleasing images.
Is LAION free?
The homepage describes LAION as 100% non-profit and 100% free. Pricing is not listed in detail, so the terms for specific datasets and models should be checked on their project pages.
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