ChatGPT’s new image generation feature is now available for free tier users
OpenAI launched its updated GPT-4o Image Generation capabilities last week, and it quickly gained popularity with Studio Ghibli-style generated images, which added over 1 million new users in an hour after its release. The new image-generating feature was initially exclusive to ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Team users, but it has now made its way to the chatbot's free tier.

The news was confirmed by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on X.com, though it comes with its own limitations as free tier users can only generate up to 3 images per day. After the limit is reached, users will be prompted to upgrade to one of the paid tiers.
chatgpt image gen now rolled out to all free users!
— Sam Altman (@sama) April 1, 2025
In related news, OpenAI has now raised another $40 billion in funding. The latest round of funding is led by SoftBank and pushes OpenAI’s total valuation to $300 billion. OpenAI is set to receive $10 billion initially, with SoftBank contributing $7.5 billion, while the remaining $2.5 billion will come from an “investor syndicate”. The remaining $30 billion is said to arrive later this year. OpenAI also disclosed that it now boasts 500 million weekly users.
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- Anonymous
- 02 Apr 2025
- Kx4
So those human artists can suffer.
- Cpt.Power
- 02 Apr 2025
- 0p}
Another useless gimmick for who it has been made??? To spam whole internet with fake images, photos and many else??? Can we expect P*rn hub, redtube, freevideo.cz etc to use such useless tool???
- Edward Coventry
- 01 Apr 2025
- mp2
If your argument is ai can't make a unique image that's just obviously false, ask chat gpt for a unique image or original work of art and see for yourself. Humans can plagiarise, humans can make original images, ai can plagiarise, ai can ma...