ChatGPT Images is now faster and better than ever

Following the recent release of GPT-5.2, today OpenAI is unveiling the new and revamped ChatGPT Images, which is four times faster at generating images. This has obviously been developed to compete head-on with Google’s Nano Banana Pro, in the same way in which GPT-5.2 is a direct response to Gemini 3 Pro.

ChatGPT Images « adheres to your intent more reliably », OpenAI’s press release says, when you ask it for edits, « down to the small details ». It changes only what you ask while keeping everything else intact across inputs, outputs, and subsequent edits.