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OpenAI today announced a major upgrade to its image generation capabilities with the release of the new ChatGPT Images, powered by an advanced model called GPT Image 1.5. The improved feature is designed to deliver faster image creation and more precise editing while preserving key visual details such as lighting, composition, and facial likeness. The feature is rolling out to ChatGPT users globally.
According to OpenAI, the updated image model can generate results up to four times faster than earlier versions, making iteration and creative exploration significantly more efficient. The new Images experience introduces a dedicated space within the ChatGPT interface that includes preset styles and inspirations, enabling users to quickly generate visuals without needing detailed prompts.
Unlike many standalone image tools, ChatGPT Images now integrates tightly with ChatGPT’s conversational interface, allowing users to create and edit images directly within their chats. Users can upload an existing image and request targeted edits such as adding new elements, changing backgrounds, or applying stylistic transformations while the model adheres closely to instructions and retains important aspects of the original image.
Some of the generated images shared via OpenAI blog include a side-by-side comparison:
The new model emphasizes precise editing and creative transformations, making it suitable for a wide range of use cases. Examples highlighted by OpenAI include combining multiple subjects into a single scene, inserting or removing objects, and transforming photos into different artistic styles while preserving the essence of the original composition.
The company boasted of it as:
The model follows instructions more reliably than our initial version. This enables more precise edits as well as more intricate original compositions, where relationships between elements are preserved as intended.
The model takes another step ahead in text rendering, capable of handling denser and smaller text.
The model also improves on additional dimensions that translate to more immediately usable outputs, like rendering many small faces and how natural outputs look.
GPT Image 1.5 is available inside the ChatGPT app and through OpenAI’s API, giving developers and creators access to powerful image generation tools for integration into third party applications, websites, and digital products. This positions ChatGPT Images as both a consumer creativity feature and a scalable solution for enterprise and professional workflows.
The enhanced Images experience arrives amid growing competition in the AI image generation space, where other platforms are also pushing faster rendering and higher visual quality. OpenAI’s update reinforces its focus on improving instruction following, editing precision, and overall speed across creative tasks.
In addition to performance gains, OpenAI has focused on detail consistency and creative control, enabling users to request nuanced adjustments and receive outputs that closely match their intent. By preserving key image attributes, the new ChatGPT Images experience aims to reduce the trial and error often associated with earlier generation tools.
The rollout applies to most ChatGPT users immediately, with business and enterprise tier access expanding in the near future.
