ChatGPT’s new image generation is unreal – here are 16 jaw-dropping examples

When OpenAI teased a surprise livestream on Tuesday, I was certain it wasn't exactly a surprise. Instead, we were probably looking at some sort of pre-planned damage control. The entire world knew DeepSeek V3 was going to be released this month, and the Chinese AI firm made it available this week to challenge ChatGPT and other competitors.

I expected OpenAI to mention release dates for GPT-4.5, which is now being tested, and GPT-5, which should be available next month. This would be enough to steer the conversation away from DeepSeek...