OpenAI, never one to let a Tuesday pass without some form of existential dread, has unleashed GPT-4o’s native image generation upon the unsuspecting masses. Forget painstakingly crafting prompts for DALL-E (which, by the way, you can still use, says OpenAI, as if we’d forget their firstborn). Now, apparently, creating images is as easy as asking your AI pal to draw you a picture of a cat riding a unicorn… in the style of a tax audit.
The internet, predictably, exploded. Shopify CEO Tobias Lutke, faced with the daunting task of explaining the anatomy of a bizarre creature on his offspring’s apparel, turned to GPT-4o. His reaction? A bewildered, “How is this even real?” (Spoiler alert: it’s probably real, Tobias. Or, at least, as real as anything gets these days).
GPT-4o can also conjure up UI mockups from the ether (no reference images required!), and transform your mundane vacation snapshots into Ghibli-esque anime masterpieces. Because who needs reality when you can have stylized perfection? Grant Slatton, a founding engineer at Row Zero, showcased this sorcery, proving that everything looks better with a touch of Hayao Miyazaki.
But wait, there’s more! Forget expensive ad agencies. One intrepid user demonstrated GPT-4o’s ability to recreate advertisement images, complete with snappy copy. Just feed it an existing ad, request a few tweaks (like, say, swapping out a screenshot), and bam, instant ad campaign! (Side note: legal ramifications may vary. We’re not lawyers, and neither is GPT-4o… probably). Photorealistic images? Naturally. Because why settle for impressionism when you can have pixel-perfect reality?
Of course, Google, not wanting to be left behind in the AI arms race, recently rolled out native image generation in Gemini 2.0 Flash. So now we have two AI overlords vying for our visual attention. Choose wisely.
The Big Question: Is this the end of human creativity? Probably not. Will it render stock photo agencies obsolete? Unlikely. But will it provide endless hours of amusement and potentially terrifying scenarios? Absolutely. So go forth, experiment, and try not to create anything too disturbing. We’re all counting on you.
In Summary:
- GPT-4o now generates images natively, no DALL-E middleman needed.
- Users are using it for everything from explaining obscure t-shirt designs to generating ad campaigns.
- Google’s Gemini 2.0 Flash also does the image generation thing.
- The future is weird, and possibly heavily filtered.
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