OpenAI releases Images 2.6 with faster generation
OpenAI: Introducing Images 2.6
Images 2.6 brings faster image generation, GIF creation, more precise editing, and new API controls across ChatGPT, Codex, and the API.
Get smart on it
OpenAI has released Images 2.6, an update to its image generation tool available in ChatGPT, Codex, and the API. The new version generates images 50% faster than before and adds the ability to create animated GIFs from text prompts, allowing users to animate characters and product visuals for social media and other applications. The update also provides developers with more precise editing controls through new tools like image markup and SVG exports, along with adjustable complexity and quality parameters to balance speed and detail. Currently, users create 4 billion images per week across OpenAI's platforms, and this release aims to make the iteration process faster while maintaining consistency in characters and brand details across edits.
Relevant courses
Want to go deeper than the news? Explore live, cohort-based AI courses taught by practitioners.
Browse AI courses on MavenRelated news
Uber only fulfilled 4 rides from AI agents last quarter
AI agents won't be stealing Uber's lunch any time soon. Only four rides were arranged by third-party AI agents during the third quarter of 2026, Uber executives disclosed during an earnings call this morning. The volume of Uber Eats orders fulfilled by AI agents was a little higher, with the company recording "around 500" during the week of Halloween, out of a total 320 million Uber rides and Uber Eats deliveries. This is the first time that Uber has disclosed the number of t
Also reported by TechCrunch
A thousand fewer paths to root
OpenAI built an autonomous pipeline that found, validated, and generated patches for 948 local privilege-escalation vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel.
OpenAI's upcoming chat-and-work merger in ChatGPT signals the end of all-you-can-prompt pricing
OpenAI combines the Chat and Work modes into a single interface. Starting in December, Plus, Pro, and Business plans will share a common, token-based quota for ChatGPT and Codex. More complex models consume more of this quota, while simple instant chats do not count toward it. In practice, this is likely to result in a decline in ChatGPT’s quality for heavy users on lower-cost plans. The article OpenAI's upcoming chat-and-work merger in ChatGPT signals the end of all-you-can-prompt
Also reported by TechCrunch
Open source AI is booming. Hugging Face explains who profits.
Open source models are becoming more mainstream as enterprises, governments and startups alike rely on the promise of lower costs, more control, and more flexibility. But as increasingly capable models become more freely available, how do companies capture value? And with Chinese open models gaining ground, can American players keep up? On this episode of […]
An AI Agent Injected Drugs Into a Live Mouse’s Brain
A biotech startup let an agent choose a gene therapy and successfully inject the treatment, offering a startling glimpse of the future of research labs.
Also reported by The Decoder
Oumi’s Frontier AI Engineer now builds AI agents and retrains the models behind them
Enterprise artificial intelligence platform company Oumi PBC today extended its Frontier AI Engineer agent so it can build AI agents for customers and retrain the models those agents run on. The release goes after a problem that tends to surface once agents leave the demo stage. A failing agent might have a bad prompt, a […] The post Oumi’s Frontier AI Engineer now builds AI agents and retrains the models behind them appeared first on SiliconANGLE.