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Vol. I No. 26 Saturday, October 17, 2026 Closing 12:53 PM UTC · next edition 10:00 AM UTC
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FLUX 3

Since Monday, September 21 · updated 44 hours ago · 7 pieces from 5 sources, in the order they came out.

3 announcement · 3 release · 1 availability

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Latest

  1. OpenRouterThursday, October 15New model: Black Forest Labs: FLUX 3 Image Klein
  2. Black Forest LabsThursday, October 15FLUX 3 Image Klein: open weights, 5.6B parameters

From the start

    Monday, September 21

  1. AnnouncementBlack Forest Labs12:00 AM UTCNews
    FLUX 3 Action: A 7B World Action Model for Robot Control

    7B open weights world action model. Turn FLUX’s visual intelligence into action for your robot, simulator, or game.

  2. Tuesday, September 22

  3. ReleaseHugging Face Hub10:36 AM UTCNew Models
    Open model: black-forest-labs/flux-3-action-base

    Trending on the Hugging Face Hub. Robotics · License: other · 112 likes.

  4. Wednesday, October 7

  5. AvailabilityVercel12:00 AM UTCNews
    FLUX 3 Image now available on AI Gateway

    FLUX 3 Image from Black Forest Labs is now available on AI Gateway. Generate images from text or edit existing images using the same model, with one API key and no Black Forest Labs account required. FLUX 3 Image support…

  6. Tuesday, October 13

  7. AnnouncementBlack Forest Labs10:19 AM UTCNew Models
    Open model: black-forest-labs/flux-3-image-klein-base

    New open weights from Black Forest Labs on the Hugging Face Hub. Image to image · License: other.

  8. ReleaseHugging Face Hub10:58 AM UTCNew Models
    Open model: black-forest-labs/flux-3-image-klein

    Trending on the Hugging Face Hub. Image to image · License: other · 423 likes.

  9. Thursday, October 15

  10. AnnouncementBlack Forest Labs3:00 PM UTCNews
    FLUX 3 Image Klein: open weights, 5.6B parameters

    Frontier image quality with the customization and speed of open weights: 5.6B parameters, first in text-to-image, multi-reference generation and editing.

  11. ReleaseOpenRouter5:04 PM UTCNew Models
    New model: Black Forest Labs: FLUX 3 Image Klein

    FLUX 3 Image Klein is an open-weights image generation and editing model from Black Forest Labs. It is suited for text-to-image, multi-reference editing that keeps characters and subjects consistent across...

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