The new image generator was initially only available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers. However, in a recent X post, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced that the tool is now available to all users.

Now, you can create stunning AI-generated images, such as those in the Studio Ghibli style, using the free version of ChatGPT. Here's how

The arrival of OpenAI's DALL-E 2 in the spring of 2022 marked a turning point in AI, when text-to-image generation suddenly became accessible to a select group of users, creating a community of digital explorers who experienced wonder and controversy as the technology automated the act of visual creation.

OpenAI has opened up the formerly paywalled feature, allowing anyone to create images using ChatGPT 4o technology.

OpenAI has rolled out the 4o image generation model to ChatGPT Free users: Studio Ghibli images and celebrity deepfakes are within your grasp.

Altman said that the demand for OpenAI’s picture generating tool was so great that the company’s GPUs were “melting” as a result of its rapid success. The program also soon became well-known for being used to transform images into the aesthetic of the Japanese animation business Studio Ghibli,

OpenAI has officially extended its powerful image generation feature to all ChatGPT users, including those on the free tier. The rollout, which completed Tuesday, has triggered extraordinary growth metrics that eclipse even ChatGPT's original launch.

Since October 2023 at the very least, the AI giant has used its Dall-E 3 model to generate images right within ChatGPT, but that changed exactly a week ago when OpenAI rolled out native ChatGPT image generation capabilities.

Altman posted “our GPUs are melting” due to enthusiasm for the new image generation capabilities, adding that free users would soon get 3 generations per day. Well, OpenAI apparently spruced up its GPU capabilities to expand the feature to all users.

While details remain shrouded in mystery, Sam Altman announced via X that this will be an open-weight language model — the first since GPT-2 launched way back in 2019.

Sam Altman today revealed that OpenAI will release an open weight artificial intelligence model in the coming months. “We are excited to release a powerful new open-weight language model with reasoning in the coming months,” Altman wrote on X.

OpenAI announced on Monday that it raised $40 billion in its latest funding round and is now valued at $300 billion.