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ART-HISTORY NODE / 319 · 2026-04-21

GPT-Image-2 / ChatGPT Images 2.0

GPT-Image-2 / ChatGPT Images 2.0

OpenAI image generation team

Introduction

The master records GPT-Image-2's introduction through the API and Codex, with an emphasis on complex visual tasks, layouts, text, instruction following and output up to 2K. Its interpretation is a shift from producing an attractive image toward generating assets for products and design systems. Current model documentation is linked separately from the historical account.

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Simon Willison’s GPT Image 2 API output at default quality. A distinct result from the same experiment, preserved separately from its higher-quality comparison.View full image ↗

Simon Willison’s GPT Image 2 API output at default quality. A distinct result from the same experiment, preserved separately from its higher-quality comparison.

Simon Willison / GPT Image 2 · Rights remain with the respective holders; reproduction does not imply an open licence

Source · Where’s the raccoon with the ham radio? (ChatGPT Images 2.0) ↗

RESEARCH ACCOUNT

Interfaces, output conditions and version records become part of visual production.

ANTI-AI ARCHIVE · Revised 2026-10-02

Release and use

GPT-Image-2’s developer documentation lists text and image inputs, image output and available interfaces. This is a changing technical record, not proof that every documented feature existed at the April 2026 launch. Historical release and current interface capabilities should be read separately.

Section sources: GPT-Image-2 / ChatGPT Images 2.0

Change in creative practice

When output enters product or design workflows, versions, dimensions and input material affect reproducibility. Production conditions belong in the archive alongside model names. Reading this with the Images 2.0 product entry distinguishes the user-facing narrative from technical boundaries that developers can actually control.

Section sources: GPT-Image-2 / ChatGPT Images 2.0

Sources for this account

GPT-Image-2 / ChatGPT Images 2.0 ↗

Current model documentation read for input, output and interface scope; historical date follows the research master and corresponding announcement.

This account expands the archive within the cited scope. Historical interpretation is not presented as the original author’s statement or as a proven causal influence. The account and translation are AI-assisted, pending independent human review. Section references identify evidence without claiming independent verification of every historical statement.

Continue with a comparative question

ChatGPT Images 2.0; GPT-Image-2 API ↗

Compare the methods, forms of control or presentation contexts of this entry and ChatGPT Images 2.0; GPT-Image-2 API.

gpt-image-1 API ↗

Compare the methods, forms of control or presentation contexts of this entry and gpt-image-1 API.

Dates & version record

Date displayed for this node: 2026-04-21 · Historical date recorded for the source: 2026-04-21

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Original sources & further reading

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GPT-Image-2 / ChatGPT Images 2.0

https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/models/gpt-image-2

Current cited URL

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GPT Image 2

https://community.openai.com/

URL cited in a research master or supplement; it may have moved or expired

Provenance, translation & verification

Timeline entry #319 · Historical node

Research materials & supplement references · 2

AI Art Genealogy Research Master · p. 39 · 139
Date as recorded: 2026-04-21
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GPT-Image-2 / ChatGPT Images 2.0

GenAI Visual Release Chronology Research Master · p. 35 · R191
Date as recorded: 2026-04-21
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GPT Image 2

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ANTI-AI ARCHIVE. GPT-Image-2 / ChatGPT Images 2.0. Art-history node #319. https://salondesrefuses.cn/en/art-history/139

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