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Written by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 1 April 2025 15:03 IST

OpenAI Expands GPT-4o-Powered Image Generation Feature in ChatGPT to All s

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claimed that one million s ed for ChatGPT within an hour

Highlights

OpenAI said all generated images come with C2PA⁠ metadata
The new image generation model improves text rendering
ChatGPT s are restricted to three image generations per day

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rolled out to the paid subscribers of ChatGPT last month, and now even those on the free tier can access it. However, the free s will get limited usage with a high rate limit added. The San Francisco-based AI firm stated that each image generated with this feature will include Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) information into the metadata to mitigate instances of deepfakes.

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In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that the GPT-4o-powered image-generation feature in ChatGPT is now available to those on the free tier of the platform. Notably, s should be logged into their OpenAI to use the feature. Currently, the free tier has a rate limit of three image generations per day. Additionally, there is a cooldown period between generating two images consecutively.

In a separate post, Altman highlighted that one million new s ed on ChatGPT in just one hour on Monday. He also compared it to the platform's previous record of adding one million s in five days when it first launched in 2022.

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One of the main reasons behind the popularity of the new feature is the viral Internet trend where s are using the ChatGPT feature to turn their images into the art style of Studio Ghibli, the popular Japanese animation studio behind anime movies such as Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, and My Neighbour Totoro. Social media platforms have been flooded with people posting their memorable moments in the “Ghibli style”.

The popularity of this trend was so strong that Altman added temporary rate limits for the paid ChatGPT tiers when generating images using the AI chatbot. The OpenAI CEO said the decision was taken as “our GPUs are melting.”

Separately, Altman recently took shots at Meta, which now restricts the usage of its open-source Llama models by companies that have more than 700 million monthly active s. He said in a post, “We will not do anything silly like saying that you can't use our open model if your service has more than 700 million monthly active s.”

Notably, the new image generation in ChatGPT comes with improved text rendering and a prompt-based inline editing feature. s can also add their images and ask AI to transform them into various styles or to make edits. OpenAI said the model blocks requests for images that include harmful content such as child sexual abuse material, sexual deepfakes, or violence.

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