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4o image generation
Launched Mar 25, 2025
Native GPT-4o image generation became ChatGPT's default image generator, replacing DALL·E in the main chat.
- Surface
- App
- Availability
- Generally available
- Plans
- Free, Plus, Pro, Team
- Retired
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Models
Strengths & weaknesses
Strengths
- Default for Free, Plus, Pro and Team users
- Also in Sora
Weaknesses
- API access came weeks later
DALL·E remained via a dedicated GPT until it was retired 2026-07-31. ChatGPT Images 2.0 (2026-04-21) and 2.5 (2026-09-08) followed.