OpenAIβs new picture generator, powered by its GPT-4o mannequin, is now out there to all customers, CEO Sam Altman mentioned in a put up on X. The characteristic was till now out there solely to paying customers of ChatGPT.
Whereas it’s not clear what number of photographs customers on the free tier can generate, Altman final week had talked about a restrict of three photographs per day.
OpenAIβs picture era software took off immediately after launch, with Altman saying the demand was so excessive, the corporateβs GPUs have been βmelting.β The software rapidly additionally gained notoriety for getting used to transform photos into the fashion of Japanese animation agency Studio Ghibli, elevating issues round copyright and coaching information utilized by the corporate as nicely, given the similarity in fashion.
Some folks additionally used it to generate pretend receipts, equivalent to restaurant payments. An OpenAI spokesperson informed Trendster that each one these photographs have metadata indicating that ChatGPT generated them, and that the corporate βtakes actionsβ if the photographs violate the corporateβs tips.
In the meantime, OpenAI at this time mentioned it raised $40 billion in funding led by SoftBank at a $300 billion valuation. The corporate additionally mentioned ChatGPT has hit 500 million weekly energetic customers and 700 million month-to-month energetic customers.