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Image models are AI models that generate new images from text prompts or edit existing images from instructions and reference pictures. This page tracks releases, prices, licenses and what each model can be used for, from hosted commercial APIs to open-weight models you can run yourself.

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Denoising diffusion (DDPM) paperHo, Jain and Abbeel, first posted June 19, 2020

Latent diffusion paperRombach et al., first posted December 20, 2021

Krea 3 (Krea)Image-editing model launched October 15, 2026; API $0.03 per image at 1K, $0.06 at 2K, before reference-image and thinking-mode surcharges; API in early access

Krea 3 self-hosting"Yes, on enterprise plans"; no public weights

FLUX 3 Image Klein (Black Forest Labs)5.6B-parameter open-weight model for text-to-image, editing and multi-reference generation, released October 15, 2026

FLUX 3 Image Klein licenseFLUX Kommunity License: free commercial use for individuals and companies with annual revenue under $5M, plus research and non-commercial use

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NewsKrea 3 and EmbeddingGemma 2 speech-to-text: two smaller AI releases worth knowing

NewsFLUX 3 Image Klein: Black Forest Labs' 5.6B open-weight image model, and what 'free under $5M' really covers

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Oct 16Models · News6 minKrea 3 and EmbeddingGemma 2 speech-to-text: two smaller AI releases worth knowing Oct 16Open source · News5 minFLUX 3 Image Klein: Black Forest Labs' 5.6B open-weight image model, and what 'free under $5M' really covers

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