OpenAI’s new picture generator, powered by its GPT-4o mannequin, is now out there to all customers, CEO Sam Altman mentioned in a submit on X. The function 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.
OpenAI’s picture era device took off immediately after launch, with Altman saying the demand was so excessive, the corporate’s GPUs have been “melting.” The device shortly additionally gained notoriety for getting used to transform footage into the fashion of Japanese animation agency Studio Ghibli, elevating considerations round copyright and coaching knowledge utilized by the corporate as nicely, given the similarity in fashion.
Some folks additionally used it to generate pretend receipts, corresponding to restaurant payments. An OpenAI spokesperson instructed TechCrunch that each one these photographs have metadata indicating that ChatGPT generated them, and that the corporate “takes actions” if the pictures violate the corporate’s tips.
In the meantime, OpenAI at present 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 lively customers and 700 million month-to-month lively customers.
