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title: "OpenAI launches Images 2.6 in ChatGPT, Codex, and the API, saying it generates images 50% faster, and adds animated GIF creation from prompts or photos (Emma Roth/The Verge)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/openai-launches-images-2-6-in-chatgpt-codex-and-the-api-saying-it-4d4a16d2
published: 2026-11-05T00:40:01.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# OpenAI launches Images 2.6 in ChatGPT, Codex, and the API, saying it generates images 50% faster, and adds animated GIF creation from prompts or photos (Emma Roth/The Verge)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-05 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/openai-launches-images-2-6-in-chatgpt-codex-and-the-api-saying-it-4d4a16d2

Emma Roth / The Verge : OpenAI launches Images 2.6 in ChatGPT, Codex, and the API, saying it generates images 50% faster, and adds animated GIF creation from prompts or photos — You can use ChatGPT to edit a GIF's animation speed and individual frames. … ChatGPT can now create GIFs using a prompt or a photo uploaded to the AI chatbot.

In this story: [OpenAI](https://frontiernewswire.com/companies/openai), [Images 2.6](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/images-2-6), [ChatGPT](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/chatgpt), [OpenAI Codex](https://frontiernewswire.com/models/openai-codex), [Emma Roth](https://frontiernewswire.com/people/emma-roth)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261104/p57#a261104p57)

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