OpenAI introduced Images 2.6, an image model that brings animated GIF generation to ChatGPT. Users can create a GIF from text or a photo and edit its frames, while developers get two new API models. OpenAI says users now generate more than 4 billion images a week.
OpenAI has added animated GIF generation to ChatGPT. The feature arrives with a new image model the company calls Images 2.6.
Users can start from a text prompt or an existing photo to produce a GIF. The frames of the resulting animation can be edited individually, allowing fine-tuning of the output.
OpenAI is not limiting the feature to the chat interface. The company said it is offering two new API models for developers.
According to OpenAI, users now generate more than 4 billion images per week, a sign that image generation has become one of ChatGPT's most heavily used capabilities.
GIF support pushes image generation beyond still frames. The quality, consistency and copyright implications of animated outputs will be closely watched in the coming period.
Image generation in ChatGPT is no longer limited to still frames, which matters for readers producing social and marketing content. The new API models also let developers bring the capability into their own apps.
