23 October 2026

Black Forest Labs releases an open-weight image model, FLUX 3 Image Klein

First reported

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  • Black Forest Labs, an image-generation company, has released a new model called FLUX 3 Image Klein.
  • The model has 5.6 billion parameters, the adjustable numbers that set how a model learns, and its weights are openly available.
  • It scores 91 points higher on a human preference ranking than the earlier FLUX.2 klein 9B model.

How it was covered

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Parameter count, open weights, and text-to-image Elo comparison against FLUX.2 [klein] 9B