OpenAI's Images 2.6 lets ChatGPT generate editable GIFs
OpenAI has introduced the Images 2.6 model, enabling ChatGPT to natively generate GIF animations from prompts or uploaded photos. Users can adjust playback speed, edit individual frames, and share the results, a capability previously unavailable in a single step.
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ChatGPT can now create GIFs using a prompt or a photo uploaded to the AI chatbot. The update, which is rolling out alongside OpenAI's new Images 2.6 model, allows you to adjust the GIF's animation speed, edit individual frames, and share it with others. Before this change, ChatGPT couldn't natively generate GIFs in a single step. An example shared by the company shows how ChatGPT can generate a GIF in response to the prompt, "can you make a gif of a cat dancing?," while also providing you with the option to change the playback speed and view it frame-by-frame. Along with support for GIF-making, OpenAI says the Images 2.6 update also enable … Read the full story at The Verge.
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