Resolution criteria

• Resolves to the answer matching the calendar month (Pacific Time) when OpenAI publishes an official post on openai.com or platform.openai.com announcing public availability (GA or beta) of a new image‑generation model that either (a) is named “gpt-image-2”, or (b) is explicitly described as the successor to “gpt-image-1” or the new default image model, with a distinct model identifier replacing gpt-image-1. Primary sources to check: OpenAI’s announcement post and the Models page. Examples of the type of post/page we’ll use: “Introducing our latest image generation model in the API” (for gpt-image-1) and the Models list. Links: https://openai.com/index/image-generation-api/ and https://platform.openai.com/docs/models. (openai.com)

• “Research preview” or demo-only announcements without availability to any public ChatGPT users or API customers do not count until availability is announced. If multiple qualifying posts exist, the earliest OpenAI‑published date/time controls.

• If no qualifying announcement occurs by December 31, 2025 23:59 PT, resolve “2026+”.

Background

• OpenAI integrated image generation into GPT‑4o for ChatGPT on March 25, 2025. (openai.com)

• OpenAI announced the Images API model “gpt-image-1” on April 23, 2025; it’s the latest named image‑generation model in the API as of Sep 10, 2025. Link: https://openai.com/index/image-generation-api/ (openai.com)

Considerations

• Naming: small updates to “4o image generation” alone will not count unless OpenAI’s post explicitly positions a new model identifier as the successor to gpt-image-1 or the new default in the Images API/ChatGPT. (openai.com)

• Staged rollout counts at the announcement of availability (including waitlist/beta). Silent backend changes that do not change the public model identifier or lack an OpenAI announcement do not count.

• If OpenAI rebrands the image model (e.g., “gpt5‑image”) but the announcement implies it replaces/succeeds gpt-image-1 as the default image model, it counts under the month of that announcement; otherwise, it does not.