OpenAI has sealed a multi-year partnership with Getty Images, allowing the stock agency’s licensed photographs to appear directly in ChatGPT responses and OpenAI’s web search. Getty CEO Craig Peters said the move makes AI‑driven search “more useful and more trustworthy” by embedding high‑quality visual content into the user experience. The integration will surface images relevant to the query, complete with attribution to Getty’s catalog.

Getty’s relationship with AI has been tumultuous. In September 2022 the company banned AI‑generated art from its library and later sued Stability AI over alleged copyright violations, a claim dismissed last year. It then launched its own generative tool built on NVIDIA’s Edigy model, offering royalty‑free images. In October 2025 Getty struck a licensing deal with Perplexity AI, which now shows image credits and source links.

ChatGPT users will now encounter Getty’s professional photos alongside textual answers, giving queries a visual dimension and reducing reliance on unverified internet images. The agreement explicitly excludes training rights, so the pictures remain outside the model’s learning data. By partnering with a leading stock photo firm, OpenAI signals that mainstream generative services are moving toward licensed, verifiable media.