Researchers from the University of Hong Kong and Huawei Noah’s Ark Lab have released Dream 7B, a powerful open diffusion reasoning model.The model overcomes limitations of autoregressive models by providing bidirectional contextual modeling and flexible controllable generation.Dream 7B outperforms larger autoregressive models on structured tasks and displays exceptional zero-shot planning capabilities and inference flexibility.This breakthrough in language model development showcases the effectiveness and viability of diffusion models.