ChatGPT's stunning new image generator is now free for everyone
Published on: 2025-05-20 22:58:00
Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET
OpenAI has continually expanded its ChatGPT offerings, adding an AI voice assistant, file and image understanding, advanced research capabilities, AI agents, and more. However, there was one glaring omission: A really capable image generator.
Last week, OpenAI launched 4o image generation. This image model is significantly better -- albeit slower -- than the DALL-E models previously offered by OpenAI. It tackles very difficult prompts, such as realistic images and, most impressively, accurate text.
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For example, in the live stream demo, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, joined by researchers Gabriel Goh and Prafulla Dhariwal, prompted 4o to create a photo from a specific POV with a flyer that included lots of text. After loading for a few seconds, it got the cinematic direction right and accurately printed all the text.
Screenshot by Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET
It also boasts many other capabili
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