ChatGPT Images 2: Why OpenAI Built a New Image Model After Killing Sora - CNET

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. OpenAI's new AI image model isn't a side quest. It's the company's bet on the creative part of its super app future. A lot has changed in the AI industry in the four months since OpenAI released ChatGPT Images 1.5. We’ve seen a heated race to build agentic tools, an unprecedented deal with the Pentagon and unending AI slop. Now, OpenAI is back in the generative media game. The company announced on Tuesday that it’s releasing ChatGPT Images 2, its next-generation image model. ChatGPT Images 2 is meant to create text-heavy designs, like in this matcha advertisement and fake magazine cover. It may seem strange that OpenAI is releasing a new image model just a month after announcing the shuttering of its once-viral Sora AI video app in order to focus on building enterprise-ready “core products.” But it’s clear from how the new model was built that OpenAI isn’t backtracking on that goal. ChatGPT Images