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OpenAI launches Images 2.6, with faster image generation and GIFs
OpenAI has launched Images 2.6, an updated image-generation model, replacing Images 2.5.
It is available worldwide in ChatGPT and Codex on free and paid plans, through web, desktop and mobile apps.
Image generation is 50% faster, and editing is designed to keep details such as clothing or product features consistent when other parts of an image change.
The update adds animated GIF creation, including looping animations made from written requests or uploaded sketches; users can adjust playback speed and share the GIFs.
A saved-reference feature lets users keep named photos and reuse them in later chats without uploading them again.
GIF creation is still rolling out, while the other features are available from launch.
For developers, OpenAI offers two API versions, one focused on speed and the other on image quality, with prices unchanged from Images 2.5.
OpenAI says its services generate about four billion images a week, and it has added safety checks for GIFs and SynthID digital watermarks to help identify generated images.
OpenAI launched ChatGPT Images 2.6, a new image-generation model that it says creates images 50% faster than its predecessor.
The model is available worldwide across all ChatGPT and Codex plans, including free plans, on web, desktop and mobile.
New features include GIF animation generation and saved reference photos that users can reuse in other chats.
OpenAI says the model improves editing consistency, helping preserve details such as a character’s clothing when changing its background.
The company says users generate about 4 billion images a week across ChatGPT, Codex and its API.
- Who
- OpenAI launched the model.
- What
- It introduced ChatGPT Images 2.6, with faster image generation, improved editing and new features including GIF generation.
- When
- November 4, local time.
- Where
- Worldwide, through ChatGPT and Codex on web, desktop and mobile.
- Why
- Not stated
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OpenAI released Images 2.5, the predecessor to Images 2.6.
OpenAI announced Images 2.6 and made it available across ChatGPT and Codex plans.
- Generation speed
- 50% faster than Images 2.5, according to OpenAI
- Availability
- Worldwide on ChatGPT and Codex, including free plans
- GIF feature
- GIF generation is being rolled out gradually
- Image volume
- About 4 billion images generated weekly across ChatGPT, Codex and the API, according to OpenAI
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Images, upgraded—introducing ChatGPT Images 2.6. Now with GIFs and reference images. Plus, two new models are coming to the API with 50% faster image generation.