Black Forest Labs
PulseAugur coverage of Black Forest Labs — every cluster mentioning Black Forest Labs across labs, papers, and developer communities, ranked by signal.
- 2026-06-02 partnership Martin Scorsese joins Black Forest Labs as a partner and adviser. source
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Ideogram 4 withholds BF16 weights, sparking open-source backlash · 2 sources tracked
Ideogram has released its Ideogram 4 model but is withholding the high-precision BF16 weights, opting instead to provide them only to select partners. This decision has drawn criticism from the open-source community, wh…
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AI scaling hinges on efficiency, not just more GPUs, says AMP founder
Anjney Midha, founder of AMP, argues that the AI scaling debate should focus on maximizing the efficiency of existing GPUs rather than solely acquiring more. He highlights that frontier AI labs often operate at low Mode…
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EU Leaders Meet AI CEOs on Advanced Model Access
European Union leaders are convening a meeting with prominent AI CEOs to discuss the accessibility of advanced AI models. The discussion will focus on how AI can stimulate economic growth while ensuring societal resilie…
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Martin Scorsese faces backlash for AI use in filmmaking
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese is facing backlash from the Art Directors Guild and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) for his public support of AI in filmmaking. The guilds criticized Scorsese f…
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Scorsese's AI Deal Sparks Guild Revolt Over Training Data
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese has joined Black Forest Labs as an advisor, utilizing their FLUX AI for storyboard generation. This move has drawn criticism from the Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800), who issued a stateme…
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Art Directors Guild Condemns Scorsese's AI Partnership
The Art Directors Guild has publicly condemned Martin Scorsese's collaboration with AI startup Black Forest Labs. The guild views this partnership as a betrayal of the human artists who have contributed to his acclaimed…
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Instagram AI bug allowed hackers to access user accounts
Instagram's AI support tool has been patched after a bug allowed hackers to trick it into granting access to user accounts. Hackers reportedly used VPNs to spoof locations and then exploited the AI to change account ema…
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Martin Scorsese joins AI firm Black Forest Labs as advisor
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese has joined AI company Black Forest Labs as an advisor. His involvement signals a new phase of collaboration between the creative industries and AI. Scorsese's expertise in visual aesthetics is …
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Martin Scorsese faces artist backlash over AI storyboard use
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese is facing criticism from artists for his investment in and use of AI-generated storyboards. While Scorsese argues that the technology allows for more efficient communication of his vision to ca…
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Martin Scorsese endorses AI storyboard app FLUX
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese has partnered with Black Forest Labs to promote their AI-powered storyboard-generating app, FLUX. Scorsese stated he plans to use the software for his storyboards, citing its ability to share v…
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Martin Scorsese partners with AI image startup Black Forest Labs
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese has joined AI image-generation startup Black Forest Labs as a partner and adviser. He plans to use the company's technology exclusively for storyboarding, aiming to streamline communication wit…
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Martin Scorsese backs AI startup Black Forest Labs for storyboarding
Filmmaker Martin Scorsese has joined AI startup Black Forest Labs as an advisor and investor, utilizing their FLUX technology for storyboarding. Scorsese stated that the AI tools allowed him to visualize and communicate…
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Researchers propose Oklab color space for faster, more stable AI image generation
Researchers are proposing a new method for training generative AI models that utilizes perceptually uniform color spaces like Oklab. This approach aims to simplify the latent space of these models, leading to faster ima…
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Black Forest Labs releases FLUX.2 image model with enhanced realism
Black Forest Labs has launched FLUX.2, an advanced image generation model available on Replicate. This new model offers improved realism, detail rendering, and editing capabilities compared to its predecessor, FLUX.1. F…
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AI Dot Engineer hackathon showcases future AI models and tools
The AI Dot Engineer hackathon in Singapore gathered over 300 builders, showcasing advancements in AI development tools and community engagement. Discussions at the event highlighted the future of AI models, moving beyon…
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Black Forest Labs' FLUX.2 to revolutionize visual AI with open weights
Black Forest Labs is developing FLUX.2, a visual AI system set to be released in 2026. This system emphasizes open weights and transparent development, aiming to provide creators with greater control. FLUX.2 also focuse…
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IonRouter launches AI inference service with custom IonAttention engine
IonRouter has launched a new inference service designed for high throughput and low cost, utilizing its proprietary IonAttention engine. This engine is capable of multiplexing multiple models on a single GPU, enabling r…
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Black Forest Labs FLUX.2 [pro|flex|dev|klein]: near-Nano Banana quality but Open Weights
Black Forest Labs has released FLUX.2, an image generation model with multi-reference support for up to 4-megapixel outputs and 10 images, including open-weight versions. Concurrently, Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.5 is sho…
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Together AI adds 40+ image and video models, including FLUX.2
Together AI has expanded its platform to include advanced multimedia generation capabilities, integrating over 40 new image and video models. This move aims to simplify development by offering a unified API for text, im…
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New AI research tackles multimodal finetuning, image editing, and verification
Researchers have developed TRACER, a novel method for robust multimodal finetuning that addresses catastrophic forgetting by using a Weighted Moving Average (WMA) teacher. This approach improves out-of-distribution accu…