New Year's AI surprise: Fal releases its own version of Flux 2 image generator that's 10x cheaper and 6x more efficient

Fal's new model FLUX.2 [dev] Turbo is a distilled, ultra-fast image generation model that’s already outperforming many of its ...

Open source Qwen-Image-2512 launches to compete with Google's Nano Banana Pro in high quality AI image generation

Alibaba’s Qwen team of AI researchers — already having a banner year with numerous powerful open source AI model releases — ...
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Alibaba unveils open source AI model Qwen3-Omni, heating up competition with US tech giants

Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) unveiled its open source large language model called Qwen3-Omni, which can process text, images, audio, and video. The model can process text, images, audio, and video but delivers ...
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You can now try Microsoft's new in-house AI image generator model - here's how

Microsoft's new AI image model is available to test. It's in Bing Image Creator, Bing mobile app, and Bing search bar. You can test it against OpenAI's image models. Ever use Microsoft Copilot or Bing ...
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All Gemini Users Can Now Use the Viral Nano Banana AI Image Generator. Here's How

If you've been waiting to create AI images with Google's newest model, now's the time to dive in. Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial intelligence, including chatbots, image and video ...