
In just over a month Flux, the open-source AI image generation model from startup Black Forest Labs, has become one of the most popular and widely used tools of its kind.
Because Flux is available to download and run locally — assuming you have a reasonable gaming PC with a good GPU — or run through a wide range of public AI image platforms, it's understandable why it has risen up the ranks so quickly. Flux even available within the X-based chatbot Grok.