{"id":49407,"date":"2026-04-22T00:21:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/openai-wants-you-to-know-how-good-its-new-image-model-is-at-faking-real-photos\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T00:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:21:18","slug":"openai-wants-you-to-know-how-good-its-new-image-model-is-at-faking-real-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/usa\/openai-wants-you-to-know-how-good-its-new-image-model-is-at-faking-real-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI wants you to know how good its new image model is at faking real photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/69e7cb32367066d7c296f3fb?format=jpeg\" alt=\"ChatGPT Images 2.0 examples\"\/><figcaption>ChatGPT Images 2.0 can crawl the internet to create mockups of magazines, manga, and other creative work.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy OpenAI<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>OpenAI released ChatGPT Images 2.0, a new image generator, on Thursday.<\/li>\n<li>The company teased the model by showing a fake screenshot.<\/li>\n<li>ChatGPT Images 2.0 can also generate images based on prompts written in other languages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>OpenAI wants you to know how good its latest image generator is \u2014and it has a few fake screenshots and pictures of pictures to prove it.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, OpenAI announced ChatGPT Images 2.0, a new image model that it says has &quot;thinking capabilities,&quot; which includes the ability to crawl the internet and &quot;double check&quot; its own output.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the examples are made to look like fake screenshots or of a person thumbing through a magazine, further blurring the lines between what&#039;s real and fake as AI-generated images and videos continue to proliferate on the internet<\/p>\n<p>In teasing the release, OpenAI shared an AI-generated picture on X that mimics a desktop screenshot of a Google Chrome tab on a Mac. The fake screenshot shows a tab opened to ChatGPT&#039;s website, talking about Tuesday&#039;s livestream of the new model.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This is not a screenshot. pic.twitter.com\/WU8clgJQMa<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OpenAI (@OpenAI) April 21, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&quot;The team really cooked on this one,&quot; OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said during the livestream.<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI said in a press release that Images 2.0 can also generate pictures from prompts in multiple languages, including Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Hindi, and Bengali.<\/p>\n<p>In samples provided by OpenAI, the model created realistic advertisements, a photo of what appears to be a physical magazine, and multiple pages of manga.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/69e7e602367066d7c296f560?format=jpeg\" alt=\"An AI-image generated sample of an English manga.\"\/><figcaption>ChatGPT can generate mockups of manga.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy OpenAI<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A spokesperson for OpenAI said the company does not intend to copy or reproduce specific artwork and that the images are generated from patterns it has learned.<\/p>\n<p>Outside mimicry, the model allowed for some creative twists on real-life celebrities and images, like an 1980s glam version of legendary investor Warren Buffett and a blueprint of a Business Insider editor&#039;s dinner.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/69e7f0f63fecbb42897a2690?format=jpeg\" alt=\"A composite image of Warren Buffett and a blueprint recipe.\"\/><figcaption>ChatGPT was able to create a likeness of legendary investor Warren Buffett and a blueprint of a Business Insider&#039;s dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Kaye\/BI<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The spokesperson added that OpenAI prevents copying styles of individual living artists, but it does allow recreating broader studio styles.<\/p>\n<p>Mitch Stoltz, the IP litigation director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told Business Insider in an interview that the latest model alone doesn&#039;t raise copyright issues, and that the distinction OpenAI makes between images generated from specific artwork and those generated from patterns the model learned is important.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/69e7ea343fecbb42897a2674?format=jpeg\" alt=\"An AI-generated image of a magazine being held open.\"\/><figcaption>ChatGPT Images 2.0 can generate images that appear to be photos of a physical magazine held open by a human.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy OpenAI<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&quot;If the output is substantially similar to something that the model was trained on or crawled, then there starts to be a copyright concern,&quot; Stoltz said. &quot;But if it&#039;s similar on the level of an idea, or just something that occurs in the world, or even a style or a vibe \u2014 generally speaking, that&#039;s not enough, and that&#039;s not a copy under copyright law.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>OpenAI is facing at least a dozen ongoing copyright suits from writers and news outlets, including The New York Times and George R.R. Martin.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The copyright issues are the same as if you were simply using Photoshop, a darkroom, or a human artist to make these kinds of replicas,&quot; he said. &quot;The issues for society, whether you call that ethical or political or whatever, are greater because it&#039;s easier, faster, and more available.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Societal implications aside, at least we get a looksmaxxing oracle.<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on Business Insider<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ChatGPT Images 2.0 can crawl the internet to create mockups of magazines, manga, and other creative work. Courtesy OpenAI OpenAI released ChatGPT Images 2.0, a new image generator, on Thursday. The company teased the model by showing a fake screenshot. ChatGPT Images 2.0 can also generate images based on prompts written in other languages. 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