OpenAI launched its up to date GPT-4o Picture Era capabilities final week, and it shortly gained recognition with Studio Ghibli-style generated photographs, which added over 1 million new customers in an hour after its launch. The brand new image-generating characteristic was initially unique to ChatGPT Plus, Professional, and Workforce customers, but it surely has now made its approach to the chatbot’s free tier.
The information was confirmed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on X.com, although it comes with its personal limitations as free tier customers can solely generate as much as 3 photographs per day. After the restrict is reached, customers might be prompted to improve to one of many paid tiers.
chatgpt picture gen now rolled out to all free customers!
— Sam Altman (@sama) April 1, 2025
In associated information, OpenAI has now raised one other $40 billion in funding. The newest spherical of funding is led by SoftBank and pushes OpenAI’s whole valuation to $300 billion. OpenAI is ready to obtain $10 billion initially, with SoftBank contributing $7.5 billion, whereas the remaining $2.5 billion will come from an “investor syndicate”. The remaining $30 billion is claimed to reach later this 12 months. OpenAI additionally disclosed that it now boasts 500 million weekly customers.
