OpenAI releases GPT Image 2 with flexible sizing, high-fidelity inputs, and Batch API support
OpenAI released GPT Image 2, a new state-of-the-art image generation and editing model available via API. The model supports flexible image sizes, high-fidelity image inputs, token-based pricing, and Batch API access at a 50% discount. The release represents an upgrade to OpenAI's image generation API offering with notable infrastructure and pricing changes.
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OpenAI adds Batch API support for GPT Image model family
OpenAI has extended its Batch API to support four GPT Image models: gpt-image-1.5, chatgpt-image-latest, gpt-image-1, and gpt-image-1-mini. This enables asynchronous, cost-reduced bulk image generation requests through the API. The change is relevant for developers and enterprises running high-volume image generation workloads.
OpenAI Launches gpt-image-1 Image Generation Model via API
OpenAI has made its latest image generation model, gpt-image-1, available through its API for developers and businesses. The model is positioned for professional-grade, customizable visual generation integrated directly into third-party tools and platforms. This follows OpenAI's earlier consumer-facing image generation features and extends them to programmatic access.
OpenAI Launches GPT-Image-1.5 via ChatGPT Images Update
OpenAI has rolled out an upgraded image generation model, GPT-Image-1.5, to all ChatGPT users and via the API. The update promises more precise edits, more consistent details, and up to 4× faster image generation compared to the previous version. The rollout is global and simultaneous across consumer and API access tiers.
Introducing ChatGPT Images 2.0
OpenAI has launched ChatGPT Images 2.0, a new image generation model integrated into ChatGPT. The release highlights improved text rendering, multilingual support, and advanced visual reasoning capabilities. This represents an upgrade to OpenAI's consumer-facing image generation offering.
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Images 2.0 with 'images with thinking' capability
OpenAI has released ChatGPT Images 2.0, a new image generation model available across all ChatGPT plans. Alongside the model, OpenAI is introducing 'images with thinking,' a feature that allows the model to plan and refine image outputs before generating them, available to paid plan users when selecting Thinking or Pro models. The release extends reasoning-style inference to image generation, a notable capability expansion.
Introducing 4o Image Generation
OpenAI has integrated a native image generation capability directly into GPT-4o, positioning it as a primary model capability rather than a separate system. The announcement frames this as their most advanced image generator to date, emphasizing both aesthetic quality and practical utility. This represents a shift toward unified multimodal models that generate images natively rather than relying on separate diffusion-based pipelines.
GPT-4 Release
OpenAI released GPT-4, a large multimodal model accepting image and text inputs and producing text outputs. The model demonstrates human-level performance on various professional and academic benchmarks. It represents OpenAI's latest milestone in scaling deep learning.
OpenAI releases GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5 Pro to the API with 1M token context and built-in agentic tools
OpenAI released GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5 Pro to the Chat Completions and Responses API, positioning them as frontier models for complex professional work and compute-intensive tasks respectively. GPT-5.5 supports a 1M token context window, image input, structured outputs, function calling, built-in computer use, hosted shell, MCP, web search, and Skills. Notable behavioral changes include reasoning effort defaulting to medium and extended-only prompt caching support.