FLUX 3 Has No Price Yet, but It Already Changes the Cost Equation for AI Video
On July 23, Black Forest Labs announced FLUX 3. The headline capability is easy to understand: one generation can produce up to 20 seconds of video with native audio. It was quickly described in some corners as an open-source answer to Veo and Sora. I think that claim is premature. At launch, FLUX 3 is still in Early Access. Black Forest Labs has not published API pricing and has not promised when, or whether, FLUX 3 video weights will be released. The company has a real history of open-weight releases, but a company having open-weight products does not make every new model open source. ...