ChatGPT Image 1.5 Model: New Features

We got a brand new image model out of ChatGPT and OpenAI. The new model is called GPT Image 1.5 and it officially replaces their previous image model. This new model is going to be the default. If you ask OpenAI to generate an image for you, you have ChatGPT free or paid. You should start seeing access to it alongside the new model. OpenAI also rolled out a brand new images experience inside of ChatGPT, so there's this new dedicated Images tab in the sidebar. Inside the Images tab you'll see preset visual styles that you can pick from without writing complex prompts. So things like pop art and sugar cookie and ink work in baseball, bobblehead, fisheye, 3D, glam doll, ornament Sketch, Plushie, Toodle, and a handful more. The interface also has a cool discovery feature. It suggests trending things people are actually doing so things like creating holiday cards, turning themselves into famous paintings, or just removing people from the background of photos. And one of the more interesting new features is something OpenAI is calling likeness retention. You can do a one time likeness upload, basically teaching ChatGPT what you look like, and then reuse that appearance across future image generations without needing to re upload photos every sing time. Another small but important quality of life improvement is that you can continue generating new images while others are still processing so you're no longer locked into waiting for one generation to finish before starting the next one. If I had to say which one was better between Nano Banana and Chat GPT, I think I'm still slightly more impressed with nano banana, but ChatGPT is catching up.