ChatGPT Images 2.5 (GPT Image 2.5): What's New in OpenAI's Image Update

Melvin Vivas · X video post · 2026-09-09 · 0:57 · 990 views · Open on X

Topics: Industry Trends & Job Market, AI Dev Tools & Productivity · Level: beginner

Summary

This is a short reaction post. Melvin Vivas quotes OpenAI's announcement of ChatGPT Images 2.5, the updated GPT Image model, and jokes that a "Codex reset" is needed to celebrate. The quoted post lists the main improvements: faster generation, more natural images, consistent details across edits, and comment-based editing tools. It is product news with no tutorial content.

Key points

• ChatGPT Images 2.5 is OpenAI's updated image generation model, described as faster, sharper and smarter.
• Images generate faster, so you can iterate more quickly.
• Fidelity is better: images look more natural and recognizable.
• Details stay consistent across multiple edits of the same image, which helps with iterative design work.
• The post introduces comment-based editing tools (the caption is cut off at this point).
• The creator jokes about a 'Codex reset' to celebrate, a nod to usage limits on OpenAI's Codex coding agent.
• The video's transcript contains only the word 'Karpathy', with no further context.

Resources mentioned

• ChatGPT · tool · chatgpt.com · free · recommended by both Bashiri Smith & Melvin Vivas
  OpenAI's AI assistant (web, desktop and mobile apps), used for chat, coding, writing and image generation.
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• OpenAI Codex · tool · openai.com · paid
  OpenAI's coding agent. In the diagram it writes code, fixes review findings and drives the build loop. The creator also used it to make this video.
  Also in: An agent bot that installs and drives Codex on its own (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Asking a Coder bot to install Codex (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Sign in with ChatGPT: Setting Usage Limits for Each App (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Codex Cloud Environments Must Be Saved & Published Before Use (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 240 more
• Andrej Karpathy · person · karpathy.ai · free · recommended by both Bashiri Smith & Melvin Vivas
  AI researcher and educator known for clear, free lessons on neural networks and LLMs.
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