OpenAI brings AI image generation directly to ChatGPT

OpenAI is introducing image generation directly within ChatGPT. Powered by its flagship multimodal model, GPT-4o, the chatbot can now create visuals straight from the chat interface.

The feature will initially be available to ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Team, and free users. Enterprise and Education tier users will get access soon.

“Today we have one of the most fun, cool things we have ever launched . . . native images in ChatGPT,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said at the beginning of a video stream Tuesday. Altman acknowledged that the feature had been highly anticipated—especially since competitors like Google Gemini have offered integrated-image generation since mid-2024.

ChatGPT now allows users to generate images based on prompts, conversations, and uploaded files. Users can create brand-new images or transform existing images. OpenAI says the “world knowledge” trained into the GPT-4o model allows ChatGPT to better understand the contexts in which images are used. It is also better at following prompts to render text within images, OpenAI says. 

Users can refine images by prompting the model with natural language. For instance, when designing a video game character, the model can maintain visual consistency across multiple iterations as the user makes adjustments.

OpenAI says it expects people to use the tool for work-related visuals that require precision (such as diagrams, infographics, branded content), text-heavy images (instruction posters, business cards), photorealistic images with accurate lighting and textures, and visuals that benefit from conversation context.

By simplifying the process with a single multimodal model that handles all image generation tasks, OpenAI is positioning ChatGPT as a go-to tool for both personal and professional image generation.


https://www.fastcompany.com/91305654/openai-a-image-generation-chatgpt?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

Created 3mo | Mar 25, 2025, 8:10:05 PM


Login to add comment

Other posts in this group

What the Wright Brothers can teach science entrepreneurs about how to survive a funding pullback

What happens when venture capital and government pull back from science entrepreneurs at the same time? Many scientists think we’re about to find out, and are looking at how we can preserve our co

Jun 20, 2025, 11:30:03 AM | Fast company - tech
Why AI ‘reanimations’ of the dead may not be ethical

Christopher Pelkey was shot and killed in a road range incident in 2021. On May 8, 2025, at the sentencing hearing for his killer, an AI video reconstruction of Pelkey delivered a

Jun 20, 2025, 9:10:04 AM | Fast company - tech
How Cisco has been quietly retooling for the AI revolution

Welcome to AI DecodedFast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week 

Jun 19, 2025, 4:50:03 PM | Fast company - tech
Texas Instruments’ $60 billion chip pledge sounds bold—but the U.S. still has work to do

More than $60 billion of investment will be spent by Texas Instruments to build and expand seven semiconductor factories in the United States, creating more than 60,000 jobs in the country, the co

Jun 19, 2025, 12:20:04 PM | Fast company - tech
How influencer marketing lost its edge

Scroll through a TikTok feed, and you’ll eventually come across someone—usually incredibly photogenic, with perfect teeth and flawless skin—extolling the virtues of some product or another,

Jun 19, 2025, 12:20:03 PM | Fast company - tech
Will AI replace humans at work? 4 ways it already has the edge

If you’ve worried that AI might take your job, deprive you of your livelihood, or maybe even replace your

Jun 19, 2025, 9:50:05 AM | Fast company - tech