In among the maelstrom of everything else that's happening with AI right now, OpenAI has pushed out ChatGPT Images 2.5, which it describes as faster, sharper, and smarter, with "better tools for creating whatever you can dream of." Those new tools include templates, more precise editing features, and a way of converting your on-screen doodles into fully realized images.
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Does all of this mean ChatGPT Images 2.5 will save us from the scourge of bad AI food images on menus and posters? Can it replace a traditional photo editor? And how does it compare to the impressive Nano Banana 2 update that Google pushed out in February?To answer all these questions and more, I fired up the new image generator in ChatGPT to see what it was capable of. Everyone is getting it—it's rolling out for all users across the web, the desktop apps, and the mobile apps now—though as usual there are varying usage limits (which ChatGPT only vaguely defines) on each plan.
How food images in ChatGPT Images 2.5 and Gemini Nano Banana 2 compare
ChatGPT Images 2.5 on the left; Gemini Nano Banana 2 on the right.
