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ChatGPT’s new image-generation tool led to a record number of users in April, forcing OpenAI’s boss to beg people to “chill out a bit”.
With ChatGPT-4o, users can transform photos or memes into distinctive styles – making them look like they came straight out of The Simpsons, Rick And Morty or South Park.
The latest update to the AI tool can also generate realistic images, logos and diagrams from simple word prompts, able to handle up to 20 different objects in one image.
The internet has also discovered that the update makes it possible to recreate themselves in Barbie doll form.
Between that and the ability to recast images in the hand-drawn style of Japanese animation company Studio Ghibli – it’s been a busy time for AI image generation.
In fact, Sam Altman – the tech mogul and boss of OpenAI, the company that brought ChatGPT into the world – even had to plead with people to “please chill”.
Record surge in chatbot users
Users of ChatGPT breached 150 million for the first time this year after the rollout of the tech’s latest image generator, according to data from market research firm Similarweb.
The number of active users, in-app subscription revenue and app downloads also reached an all-time high after the launch of GPT-4o.
Mr Altman talked up the success of his technology – but also warned the increased demand for picture generation was putting unprecedented pressure on OpenAI’s GPUs (graphics processing units), the part of a computer designed to accelerate graphics and image processing, and it was struggling to cope.
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