OpenAI has rolled out animated GIF creation in ChatGPT and Codex across web, desktop and mobile, letting users turn text prompts or uploaded photos into short animations.
Images 2.6 powers the feature, stitching together slight frame variations while keeping subjects consistent enough to remain recognizable across the GIF.
Users can adjust animation speed and edit individual frames, while the same model is also designed to speed up image generation more broadly.
For developers, OpenAI is releasing GPT-Image-2.6 Flare for efficiency and Sunburst for higher-quality image generation.
OpenAI said users now generate more than 4 billion images a week through ChatGPT and its API, up 1 billion from September.