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OpenAI says ChatGPT and API image generation now exceeds 4 billion images per week

According to a post on X by @thsottiaux, OpenAI's Thomas Sottiaux says image generation across ChatGPT and the API has climbed past 4 billion images per week. The figure is up from more than 3 billion roughly eight weeks earlier. In a follow-up, he puts the daily run rate above 500 million images. The post was surfaced by Scobleizer News Pulse, which aggregated it from X.

Source: Scobleizer News Pulse (X) · x.com Found via Robert Scoble’s Scobleizer News Pulse · a post on X, not independently verified Published 2026-11-05T22:35:00+00:00 Detected 2026-11-06T02:18:51+00:00
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According to a post on X by @thsottiaux, OpenAI's Thomas Sottiaux says image generation across ChatGPT and the API has climbed past 4 billion images per week. The figure is up from more than 3 billion roughly eight weeks earlier. In a follow-up, he puts the daily run rate above 500 million images. The post was surfaced by Scobleizer News Pulse, which aggregated it from X.

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OpenAI's Thomas Sottiaux says image generation across ChatGPT and the API has climbed past 4 billion images per week, up from more than 3 billion only eight weeks earlier. In a follow-up he puts the daily run rate above 500 million images. Why it matters: The jump shows image generation is becoming one of OpenAI's...

The growth suggests image generation is becoming one of OpenAI's highest-volume product lines rather than a side feature, according to the snippet's framing. Developers and businesses using the API for image workloads may want to watch for capacity, pricing or product changes tied to this demand. These figures come from a social post, so readers should look for an official OpenAI statement before relying on them.

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