OpenAI Launches GPT Image 1.5 Amid Intensifying Competition With Google

OpenAI has released GPT Image 1.5, a new image-generation model that delivers up to four times faster rendering and improved instructional understanding. The model is now available to all ChatGPT users through the API. This could be OpenAI's response to Google's latest image generator, Nano Banana Pro, which has sent the internet into a frenzy in recent weeks.

The biggest win for GPT Image 1.5 lies in its ability to handle precise edits without reinterpreting entire images. When a user asks for changes, like "adjust this person's expression" or "make the lighting brighter," the model keeps the rest of the image consistent with its "before" state. This addresses a common issue with AI image generators and editors: Most struggle with small changes and often end up altering the whole image instead.

OpenAI initially planned to launch the image generator in early January, but accelerated GPT ...