Black Forest Labs' Flux 3 Trains Factory Robots, OpenAI and Anthropic Ship Dueling Voice Upgrades
Today we're covering the biggest AI stories of July 24th, 2026. Black Forest Labs opened early access to Flux 3, a visual intelligence model that generates 20 second videos with synced audio, and spun it into Flux mimic, a robot control variant built with mimic robotics that's already running on Audi's production lines, learning new factory tasks from just 30 minutes of demonstration instead of the usual 30 plus hours. OpenAI and Anthropic shipped voice upgrades within hours of each other, OpenAI brought its GPT Live voice into the desktop app and Codex with a real time flow that listens…
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