OpenAI is launching Images 2.6 across Chat GPT, Codex, and the API, letting users bring ideas to life faster. With the new version you can add motion to visuals using GIFs—whether animating a brand mascot, a character, or turning a product shot into a looping eye‑catcher. The platform already sees 4 billion images per week created worldwide, more than half a billion per day. Images 2.6 generates images 50% faster than before.
In the API developers can choose between GPT‑Image‑2.6 Flare and GPT‑Image‑2.6 Sunburst. When quality is set to low, Flare can produce an image in as little as six seconds. For work that demands higher detail, Sunburst offers richer quality and stronger consistency across edits at medium or high settings.
Flare also boosts layout quality for posters, product imagery, and other professional visuals. Animate your ideas with GIFs—Marketers can bring a mascot to life for campaigns, create reactions and memes, or use animated storyboards before video production. Example prompts describe a chibi office worker reacting to a falling or rising stock chart in a seamless six‑frame looping GIF.
Even a simple sketch can become an expressive animated character for videos, games, and more, turning personal reactions into brand mascots and polished product visuals.
Source: OpenAI Blog · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing