Midjourney has acquired Co-Star, a social astrology app with 4.3 million monthly active users, with deal terms undisclosed. Users can view their astrology birth charts and share them with friends, while Co-Star provides fortunes, compatibility ratings and advice based on users’ astrology data. Co-Star’s 24 employees will join Midjourney. TechCrunch said the deal also adds consumer app development experience, raising talk of a standalone app.

Black Forest Labs has unveiled Flux 3, its first video-generation AI model that can create video and audio at the same time. The multimodal model can generate up to 20 seconds of video along with dialogue, sound effects and background music. The company said Flux 3 extends beyond content creation toward “Physical AI” and robot control via Flux-mimic, developed with Zurich-based Mimic Robotics. Audi is testing the technology on a production line.