# ChatGPT gets a new image model built for complex edits

By Steven Van · 2026-04-21

ChatGPT Images 2.0 adds sharper editing, flexible aspect ratios and multilingual text, and its gpt-image-2 model is now in the API too.

ChatGPT can now generate images with **ChatGPT Images 2.0**, a new model built for more complex visual tasks. It handles sharper editing, richer layouts and flexible aspect ratios, with stronger multilingual text rendering and real-world knowledge up to a December 2025 cutoff.

The update is available to all ChatGPT and Codex users, and the underlying gpt-image-2 model is also available in the API. Full details are in the [announcement](<https://x.com/i/status/2046670977145372771>).

[View media](<https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2046668430842146816/vid/avc1/800x450/m1ab4my_UPUZh3zl.mp4>)

![ChatGPT Images](<https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=chatgpt.com&sz=128>)

ChatGPT Images

Generate and edit images with ChatGPT — create illustrations, logos, mockups, and photorealistic visuals from text prompts.

[View ChatGPT Images →](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/chatgpt-images>)

Sources

[Original source](<https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-images-2-0/>)

[Read ChatGPT gets a new image model built for complex edits on Creators Toolbox](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/chatgpt-images-introducing-chatgpt-images-2-0>)

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