OpenAI releases impressive 4o image generator for free and paid users

Earlier this week, OpenAI released their “most advanced image generator yet” and made it available through ChatGPT using the GPT-4o model. ChatGPT previously relied on Dall-E to generate images.

According to OpenAI, the improved 4o model is able to produce precise, accurate, and photorealistic results. They claim that it’s also particularly good at rendering text, following instructions precisely, and even understanding the context of a chat. All of this includes the transformation of uploaded images or using uploaded images as visual inspiration.

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GPT-4o can also continually build on existing images to ensure the subject remains consistent across images. On top of that, GPT-4o is now able to handle 10 to 20 different objects in images (compared to most other AI image generators, which struggle to include 5 to 8 different objects).

At the same time, OpenAI warns that GPT-4o may have problems with cropping, hallucinations, too many elements, precise graphs, rendering text in non-Latin alphabets, precise editing, and displaying lots of dense text on a small surface.

The new and improved 4o image generator is rolling out now for ChatGPT Free, Plus, Pro, and Team users. (Enterprise and Edu users will gain access at a later time.) If you think Dall-E made better images, you have the option to switch and use that instead.

Further reading: Never say these things to ChatGPT. Here’s why