OpenAI says ChatGPT Images 2.0 comes in Instant and Thinking variants and can generate images of up to 2K resolution and in multiple aspect ratios (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
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Splitting Images 2.0 into Instant vs Thinking formalizes a tradeoff every product team is already making—latency vs reasoning. If your UX doesn’t expose that choice to users, you’re leaving performance or quality on the table in every creative workflow you ship.
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