Explore ChatGPT-4o’s image generator—what it is, how to use it, who gets access, and the best free alternatives for creating stunning AI art.

The arrival of OpenAI's DALL-E 2 in the spring of 2022 marked a turning point in AI, when text-to-image generation suddenly became accessible to a select group of users, creating a community of digital explorers who experienced wonder and controversy as the technology automated the act of visual creation.

The model can now use full conversations to generate images, understanding the context to design the image you want. It can also create better text in images, focus on smaller det