diff --git a/candle-core/src/backprop.rs b/candle-core/src/backprop.rs
index f5cc8191..2dff0a5a 100644
--- a/candle-core/src/backprop.rs
+++ b/candle-core/src/backprop.rs
@@ -291,6 +291,11 @@ impl Tensor {
                         let sum_grad = grads.or_insert(arg)?;
                         *sum_grad = sum_grad.sub(&grad)?
                     }
+                    Op::Unary(arg, UnaryOp::Recip) => {
+                        let sum_grad = grads.or_insert(arg)?;
+                        let grad = (grad / arg.sqr()?)?;
+                        *sum_grad = sum_grad.sub(&grad)?
+                    }
                     &Op::Narrow(ref arg, dim, start_idx, len) => {
                         let arg_dims = arg.dims();
                         let left_pad = if start_idx == 0 {
diff --git a/candle-core/src/op.rs b/candle-core/src/op.rs
index ba8d2fb4..b4ebca51 100644
--- a/candle-core/src/op.rs
+++ b/candle-core/src/op.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ pub enum UnaryOp {
     Cos,
     Abs,
     Neg,
+    Recip,
     Sqr,
     Sqrt,
     Gelu,
@@ -264,6 +265,7 @@ pub(crate) struct Sin;
 pub(crate) struct Cos;
 pub(crate) struct Abs;
 pub(crate) struct Neg;
+pub(crate) struct Recip;
 pub(crate) struct Sqr;
 pub(crate) struct Sqrt;
 pub(crate) struct Gelu;
@@ -410,6 +412,7 @@ unary_op!(Sin, "sin", v, v.sin(), vs_sin, vd_sin);
 unary_op!(Cos, "cos", v, v.cos(), vs_cos, vd_cos);
 unary_op!(Abs, "abs", v, v.abs());
 unary_op!(Neg, "neg", v, -v);
+unary_op!(Recip, "recip", v, v.recip());
 unary_op!(Sqr, "sqr", v, v * v, vs_sqr, vd_sqr);
 unary_op!(Sqrt, "sqrt", v, v.sqrt(), vs_sqrt, vd_sqrt);
 
diff --git a/candle-core/src/tensor.rs b/candle-core/src/tensor.rs
index f0a8a01e..170b3fda 100644
--- a/candle-core/src/tensor.rs
+++ b/candle-core/src/tensor.rs
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ impl Tensor {
     broadcast_binary_op!(broadcast_sub, sub);
     broadcast_binary_op!(broadcast_div, div);
 
+    unary_op!(recip, Recip);
     unary_op!(neg, Neg);
     unary_op!(exp, Exp);
     unary_op!(log, Log);
diff --git a/candle-examples/examples/stable-diffusion/utils.rs b/candle-examples/examples/stable-diffusion/utils.rs
index 50ee48e9..90fe3f9a 100644
--- a/candle-examples/examples/stable-diffusion/utils.rs
+++ b/candle-examples/examples/stable-diffusion/utils.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-use candle::{Result, Tensor};
+use candle::{Device, Result, Tensor};
 
-pub fn sigmoid(_: &Tensor) -> Result<Tensor> {
-    todo!()
+pub fn sigmoid(xs: &Tensor) -> Result<Tensor> {
+    // TODO: Add sigmoid as binary ops.
+    (xs.neg()?.exp()? - 1.0)?.recip()
 }
 
 pub fn avg_pool2d(_: &Tensor) -> Result<Tensor> {
@@ -16,6 +17,13 @@ pub fn upsample_nearest2d(_: &Tensor) -> Result<Tensor> {
     todo!()
 }
 
-pub fn linspace(_: f64, _: f64, _: usize) -> Result<Tensor> {
-    todo!()
+pub fn linspace(start: f64, stop: f64, steps: usize) -> Result<Tensor> {
+    if steps < 1 {
+        candle::bail!("cannot use linspace with steps {steps} <= 1")
+    }
+    let delta = (stop - start) / (steps - 1) as f64;
+    let vs = (0..steps)
+        .map(|step| start + step as f64 * delta)
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    Tensor::from_vec(vs, steps, &Device::Cpu)
 }
diff --git a/candle-kernels/src/unary.cu b/candle-kernels/src/unary.cu
index 0aab40cb..85d74b82 100644
--- a/candle-kernels/src/unary.cu
+++ b/candle-kernels/src/unary.cu
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ extern "C" __global__ void FN_NAME( \
 #if __CUDA_ARCH__ >= 800
 UNARY_OP(__nv_bfloat16, ucopy_bf16, x)
 UNARY_OP(__nv_bfloat16, uneg_bf16, -x)
+UNARY_OP(__nv_bfloat16, urecip_bf16, recipg(x))
 UNARY_OP(__nv_bfloat16, uexp_bf16, expg(x))
 UNARY_OP(__nv_bfloat16, ulog_bf16, logg(x))
 UNARY_OP(__nv_bfloat16, usin_bf16, sing(x))
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ UNARY_OP1(__nv_bfloat16, uelu_bf16, elu_fwd(x, param))
 #if __CUDA_ARCH__ >= 530
 UNARY_OP(__half, ucopy_f16, x)
 UNARY_OP(__half, uneg_f16, -x)
+UNARY_OP(__half, urecip_f16, recipg(x))
 UNARY_OP(__half, uexp_f16, expg(x))
 UNARY_OP(__half, ulog_f16, logg(x))
 UNARY_OP(__half, usin_f16, sing(x))
@@ -113,6 +115,8 @@ UNARY_OP(float, ucopy_f32, x)
 UNARY_OP(double, ucopy_f64, x)
 UNARY_OP(float, uneg_f32, -x)
 UNARY_OP(double, uneg_f64, -x)
+UNARY_OP(float, urecip_f32, recipg(x))
+UNARY_OP(double, urecip_f64, recipg(x))
 UNARY_OP(float, uexp_f32, expg(x))
 UNARY_OP(double, uexp_f64, expg(x))
 UNARY_OP(float, ulog_f32, logg(x))