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gpt-image-2 (ChatGPT Images 2.0)

OpenAI · 21 April 2026

gpt-image-2 / ChatGPT Images 2.0: an image model with built-in thinking (web search, multi-image output, self-checks), up to 2K.

Much better small text, UI elements, iconography and non-Latin scripts (Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Bengali), multi-panel layouts and marketing sets in several sizes. Knowledge cutoff December 2025. Replaced the DALL-E API models, which OpenAI removed on 2026-05-12.

Date
Tuesday, 21 April 2026
Lab
OpenAI
Kind
model
Access
closed API

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Model snapshot gpt-image-2-2026-04-21 per OpenAI docs. DALL-E 2 and 3 API removal date (2026-05-12) comes from a summarised changelog and is Medium confidence.

Sources

  1. techcrunch.com/2026/04/21/chatgpts-new-images-2-0-model-is-surprisingly-good-at-generating
  2. developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-image-2
  3. developers.openai.com/api/docs/changelog

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