ChatGPT can now make animated GIFs from a prompt or a photo you upload. The feature comes with OpenAI's new Images 2.6 model. Users can change the speed, edit single frames and share the result.
Before this, ChatGPT could not build a GIF in one step. OpenAI says images also generate faster now. It reports more than 4 billion images made each week, up from 3 billion in September.
π The Backstory
ChatGPT started as a text chatbot in 2022. Image generation arrived in 2024 and quickly became one of its most used features. Each new model has added more control over what comes out.
GIFs are a small feature with a big audience. They are the native language of group chats and social posts. Making them inside a chatbot removes the need for a separate tool.
π― Why It Matters
Making a GIF used to mean opening another app. Now it takes one sentence, which is how AI keeps folding small tools into one place.
ChatGPT can now make animated GIFs from a prompt or a photo you upload. The feature comes with OpenAI's new Images 2.6 model. Users can change the speed, edit single frames and share the result.
Before this, ChatGPT could not build a GIF in one step. OpenAI says images also generate faster now. It reports more than 4 billion images made each week, up from 3 billion in September.
ChatGPT started as a text chatbot in 2022. Image generation arrived in 2024 and quickly became one of its most used features. Each new model has added more control over what comes out.
GIFs are a small feature with a big audience. They are the native language of group chats and social posts. Making them inside a chatbot removes the need for a separate tool.
Making a GIF used to mean opening another app. Now it takes one sentence, which is how AI keeps folding small tools into one place.