generative AI industry

Black Forest Labs has announced Flux 3 Action, a 7-billion-parameter open-weight world action model for robotics. The release extends the Flux family beyond image generation into embodied AI, letting researchers and companies build robot control systems on openly available weights. Early discussion online centres on what the small parameter size means for real-world robot performance and how an open model could shift competitive dynamics in robotics.

A new analysis says the AI industry must generate roughly $6 trillion in annual revenue by 2031 for the current wave of data centre investment to pay off. The figure highlights the enormous gap between infrastructure spending and the revenues AI companies actually earn, fuelling debate about whether the AI boom resembles a bubble. Commenters are questioning who will pay for all this compute and whether demand can realistically grow fast enough.

TVBEurope has published an opinion piece arguing that orchestration of AI workflows is essential for visual effects studios working with open-source models. The article suggests that as studios adopt open-source generative AI tools, they need systems to manage and coordinate those tools across production pipelines. The piece is aimed at professionals in the VFX and broadcast technology sector weighing how to integrate AI into their operations.