Now superseded in ChatGPT by Images 2.5, so this matters mainly to developers still calling gpt-image-2 in the API.

Kenning's take

What it does

ChatGPT Images 2.0 is the image generation model OpenAI released in April 2026, sold in the API as gpt-image-2. OpenAI says it improved world knowledge, instruction following and dense text, and added a thinking mode that can search the web and make several images from one prompt. It has since been followed by Images 2.5 in ChatGPT, while gpt-image-2 remains listed in the API.

• Better rendering of dense text
• Improved world knowledge and instruction following
• Thinking mode with reasoning and live web search
• Several images from a single prompt
• Image generation and image edit endpoints in the API

Who it suits. Developers using OpenAI's Images API and people comparing image model versions.

Key facts

Category

AI models

Part of

ChatGPT

Made by

OpenAI

Based in

United States

Released

21 April 2026

How to get it

API model gpt-image-2 (image generation and edit endpoints); in ChatGPT it has been succeeded by Images 2.5

Works on

API

In the UK

Yes

API price

$5 per million text input tokens, $8 per million image input tokens, $30 per million image output tokens (standard tier)

FAQ

Facts from the maker's own pages and the sources listed. Checked 2026-10-11.