Black Forest Labs released FLUX 3 Image Klein on October 15: 5.6B parameters, native 4K and up to 10 reference images, with an INT8 version that officially runs on 8GB NVIDIA cards. Compiled from official sources: pros and cons, which files to pick for your VRAM, a five-step ComfyUI install, settings, using it for traditional Chinese painting and print upscaling, and what the FLUX Kommunity License allows commercially.

On October 17, DeepSeek updated V4.1 Flash to the 1017 release across the web app, mobile app and API. The model name is still deepseek-flash and the price is unchanged. This FAQ covers the benchmark changes, peak and off-peak pricing, how to send images to the API and its limits, the thinking-mode switch, Claude Code configuration, and whether you can run the open weights at home.