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Image generation with artificial intelligence Models have been getting more advanced all year, and with only two weeks left in 2025, these improvements haven’t stopped. OpenAI on Tuesday dropped the latest version of its AI image model, called GPT-Image Model 1.5, with the company saying it has been upgraded to better follow your instructions and create more detailed images.
You can take advantage of the new model starting today. It is available to all ChatGPT users globally and is available in an API named GPT-Image-1.5. You can use the template in ChatGPT’s new dedicated space for images in the sidebar, with pre-defined styles and trending designs, designed specifically for image creation – a major upgrade from just talking to ChatGPT to create images.
“Many people’s first experience with ChatGPT involves converting a text message into an image. It’s a magical way to see what this technology can do, but the chat interface wasn’t originally designed for this purpose,” Fidji Simo, chief applications officer at OpenAI, wrote in an article. Blog post. “Creating and editing images is a different kind of task and deserves a dedicated space for visuals.”
(Disclosure: Ziff Davis, CNET’s parent company, in April filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging that it infringed Ziff Davis’s copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.)
OpenAI says the new model is four times faster than the previous one and is better able to follow instructions and handle precise editing. You’ll be able to use these editing tools to add specific objects, change object styles, try on specific pieces of clothing, and remove items.
This image, created with GPT-Image-1.5, shows improvements in generating text in images.
OpenAI says the new 1.5 model is also better at generating readable text in AI images. This is an extremely difficult task for generative media models, and even the first generation OpenAI model failed to deliver on similar promises. Test images taken with the 1.5 seem to highlight the improvements, but we’ll have to wait and see how our hands-on tests go.
This chart built with GPT-Image-1.5 has clear, readable text.
All of these updates will be huge upgrades over the original model. When i Reviewed The first model, it was noticeably slower than competitors and lacked basic editing tools to improve your photos. The improvements in Model 1.5 are intended to fix those annoyances.
This updated model comes a week after Disney and OpenAI Reach an agreement To bring over 200 popular Disney characters to ChatGPT photos and Sora AI videos. You won’t be able to use the new model to make Disney characters yet — it’s scheduled to come in early 2026 — but it will certainly make it easier to create these well-known superheroes and villains.
A new paradigm for artificial intelligence raises renewed concerns
OpenAI’s timing probably won’t help you with this new paradigm Make your own holiday cards using AI. Google recently declined Nano Banana Prothe updated version of the popular AI-powered photo tool that comes with New Gemini 3. Nano Banana Pro’s ability to make… Highly realistic imageswith readable text, drawing on Gemini’s global knowledge, represents a huge leap forward in generative media. It also renewed fears about this Harder than ever To select content generated by artificial intelligence.
OpenAI released Red internal symbol After Google dropped Gemini 3, highlighting the company’s desire to compete with the cutting-edge AI prowess that Google is displaying. Last week’s edition of OpenAI GPT-5.2 This was another effort to bridge the gap between it and Google.
The first generation of the OpenAI image model sparked a trend among AI users “Studio Ghibli” versions of themselves With ChatGPT. It also reignited the controversy over The ethics and legality of using creative AI tools Such as AI-powered image generators, particularly with Hayao Miyazaki, co-founder of Studio Ghibli, who has said that AI tools are “an insult to life itself.”
Since March, we’ve seen a number of creatives – authors, writers, actors – to speak About the danger of allowing AI tools to use human-created artwork and human likenesses to create AI content. The popular Sora video generator from OpenAI These sparked discussions This fall.
Copyright holders have differed on how they choose to deal with AI, but many have chosen to go down one of two paths: entering into agreements or going to court. We’ve seen both Axel Springer and Future deals with OpenAI And lawsuits from Reddit and Encyclopedia Britannica Submitted this year. Disney is an example of this. One day before announcing its deal with OpenAI, Disney Send Google a cease and desist letter For copyright infringement. It has become copyright One of the most important controversial issues In the era of artificial intelligence.