Given the optimizations applied to SDXL (comparing to SD 1.5), it is understandable why it outputs blurry backgrounds. It is not for safety, it is just a cheap

Given the optimizations applied to SDXL (comparing to SD 1.5), it is understandable why it outputs blurry backgrounds. It is not for safety, it is just a cheap way to hide imperfections of technology. Imagine 2 neural networks: one occasionally outputs Lovecraftian hallucinated chimeras on backgrounds, another one outputs sterile studio-quality images. Researches selected the second approach.