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ChatGPT adds GIF creation with frame editing as OpenAI rolls out Images 2.6

Users can turn prompts or uploaded photos into animated GIFs, change their speed and edit frames, while OpenAI adds two new image models to its API.

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What happened

OpenAI has added animated GIF creation to ChatGPT, The Verge reported. Users can now produce a GIF from a text prompt or from a photo they upload to the chatbot. The feature arrives with the rollout of OpenAI's new Images 2.6 model. It lets users change how fast the animation plays, modify individual frames and share the finished GIF with others.

In an example published by OpenAI, ChatGPT answered a request for a GIF of a dancing cat by producing the animation. It also offered options to alter the playback speed and step through the result one frame at a time. OpenAI also says Images 2.6 speeds up image generation inside ChatGPT, and that users now create more than 4 billion images each week across ChatGPT and its API.

Images 2.6 is being made available to all ChatGPT and Codex users on web, desktop and mobile apps. For developers, OpenAI is introducing two models in its API, GPT-Image-2.6 Flare and Sunburst, which the company is offering for faster and higher-quality image generation.

Context

Until this update, ChatGPT could not natively produce a GIF in a single step. OpenAI's image volume has also grown quickly. In September, the company reported 3 billion images generated per week across ChatGPT and its API, compared with the more than 4 billion it now cites.

SourceThe Verge

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