OpenAI has integrated AI image generation directly into ChatGPT, powered by the GPT-4o model, allowing free and paid users to create images within the chat interface.

OpenAI has launched the first major upgrade to ChatGPT's image generation capabilities in over a year, driven by the company's GPT-4o model.

The new feature is called "Images in ChatGPT" and competes with Google, which also recently announced image generation and editing capabilities with its Gemini 2.0 Flash experimental.

Gemini 2.0 Flash's image component turned out to have few guardrails, allowing people to remove watermarks and create images depicting copyrighted characters.

According to Tech Crunch, Altman announced the update during a live stream on Tuesday. Per reports, ChatGPT can now use the GPT-4o model to create images and modify them natively. This means the ...