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Black Forest Labs (Freiburg, Germany) announced FLUX 3, a unified multimodal…

2026-08-04 · 19:33 UTC ·@kimmonismus ·1 min read

Brief

FLUX 3, announced by Black Forest Labs of Freiburg, Germany, is a gated early-access unified multimodal model targeting video generation and action prediction. It supports native audio, text-to-video, image-to-video multi-frame, 20s/1080p outputs, multilingual dialogue and a budget 'Draft mode'; BFL claims it beats Runway Gen-4.5 and others and plans 2K/4K plus open weights.

Why it matters

Black Forest Labs (Freiburg, Germany) announced FLUX 3, a unified multimodal model for image, video, audio and action prediction that offers native audio, text-to-video, image-to-video (multi-frame), video continuation, multilingual dialogue, a low-cost 'Draft mode', up to 20 seconds at 1080p, and API access; 2K/4K and open weights are promised soon.

Key details

  • The release is gated early access and not open source; the author states that if FLUX 3 Dev ships with usable open weights it could become one of the most important open-model releases for generative video, particularly after the Chinese Minimax H3 release.
  • Black Forest Labs reports preliminary internal comparisons claiming FLUX 3 outperformed Runway Gen-4.5, Luma Ray 3.2, Kling 3 Pro, and Seedance 2.0, but these figures come from early-access testing and lack independent validation.
Cleaned source text

Black Forest Labs just announced FLUX 3: a unified multimodal model for image, video, audio and action prediction. Founded in Freiburg, Germany, one of the few globally significant European companies in the AI ​​sector.

The current release is gated early access, not open source. But if FLUX 3 Dev actually ships with usable open weights, this could become one of the most important open-model releases in generative video yet. Especially after the Chinese Minimax H3 release.

BFL claims, based on preliminary internal comparisons, that FLUX 3 outperformed models such as Runway Gen-4.5, Luma Ray 3.2, Kling 3 Pro, and Seedance 2.0. However, these figures stem from the early-access phase and do not constitute independent validation.

Be that as it may, it's great to see the quality that today's video models can produce at affordable prices. Something that would have been unthinkable a year ago.

Really cool release!

Video

Black Forest Labs (@bfl_ai)

FLUX 3 Video is here.

Serious, fun, creative, real, cinematic, whatever you need it to be.

Native audio, Text to Video, Image to Video with multiple frames, video continuation, dialogue in multiple languages.

Comes with Draft mode so you can explore ideas fast at a fraction of the cost.

Up to 20 seconds and 1080p native.

Available in the API or in your favorite tool. 2K, 4K, and Open Weights coming soon.

— https://nitter.net/bfl_ai/status/2084693191484469305#m