Every week, people create more than 3 billion images across ChatGPT Images and the GPT-Image models in the API. Today, we’re expanding what you can create with ChatGPT Images 2.5—our new state-of-the-art image model that brings sharper details, more precise editing, and faster generation to your creative workflows. Images 2.5 produces more natural lighting and richer textures, is better at preserving the subjects in your reference photos, and follows editing instructions more reliably across multiple turns. We’ve also reduced image generation latency by up to 50% compared with Images 2.0, so you can generate images and refine your concepts more quickly.

In ChatGPT, we’re introducing product features that give you more control over the creative process. Sketch is a new feature that lets you draw directly in ChatGPT as a reference for your final image. Templates make it easier to start creating across popular image formats like flyers and product photos. You can also place comments directly on images for focused editing, and share prompts to let others try your ideas. Images 2.5 is available to all ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex users across desktop, mobile, and web.

For developers, we’re introducing two new API models: GPT-Image-2.5 Flare for quality, editing, and speed, and GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst for extra precision with longer generation times. Images 2.5 is better at working from reference photos, making subjects more recognizable with natural lighting and textures. It also improves precision editing, multi-turn consistency, and understanding of complex visual instructions, including transparent backgrounds and accurate real-world content.