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OpenAI · Wednesday, September 9, 2026

OpenAI ships ChatGPT Images 2.5

The File desk · Sep 9, 2026, 2:14 PM UTC

Status

Confirmed as OpenAI’s Sept. 8 product URL for ChatGPT Images 2.5. Direct fetch of that page was blocked (Cloudflare) in this pass. Claims here are limited to the assigned product-page facts that match that URL. No extra quotes.

  • Confirmed

    OpenAI’s Sept. 8 product post at openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-images-2-5/ is titled “Introducing ChatGPT Images 2.5.” Assigned product facts matching that URL: Images 2.5 is live for all ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex users on desktop, phone, and web; developers get GPT-Image-2.5 Flare and GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst. This is a product release, not a new frontier chat model ID.

  • Unverified

    This desk could not open the product page in this pass. Extra wording beyond those assigned product facts was not read here.

ChatGPT can make sharper pictures now. On Sept. 8 OpenAI said Images 2.5 is live for all ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex users on desktop, phone, and web. The company says the update is better with reference photos, edits, and multi-turn changes. Developers get two API models: GPT-Image-2.5 Flare for quality and speed, and GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst for finer detail with longer waits. This is a product release, not a new frontier chat model ID.

ChatGPT can make sharper pictures now.

On Sept. 8 OpenAI posted “Introducing ChatGPT Images 2.5.” The company said Images 2.5 is live for all ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex users on desktop, phone, and web.

The update, OpenAI said, is better with reference photos, edits, and changes that run across several turns.

Developers get two API models. GPT-Image-2.5 Flare is for quality and speed. GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst is for finer detail with longer waits.

This is a product release, not a new frontier chat model ID. Direct fetch of the product page was blocked in this pass, so this item does not quote extra language from that page.

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Primary sources

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  1. Source 1 · fetch incomplete

    Introducing ChatGPT Images 2.5

    OpenAI · September 8, 2026

    Images 2.5 available to all ChatGPT, ChatGPT Work, and Codex users; API models Flare and Sunburst. Page fetch blocked (Cloudflare) this pass.

    https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-images-2-5/