GPT-image-1: OpenAI's Latest Image Generation API Lunched

What is GPT-image-1?

Remember the Ghibli-style AI artwork that took the internet by storm? On April 24, 2025, OpenAI officially released the GPT-image-1 API, making the wildly popular ChatGPT 4o image generation feature available to developers. Since its debut in ChatGPT in March 2025, this technology has gained tremendous popularity, captivating users with its stunning Ghibli-style and diverse anime-style images. In just one week, 130 million users generated over 700 million images.

Now, developers can seamlessly integrate this powerful image generation capability into their own applications, removing limitations on creative expression. Whether it's Hayao Miyazaki-inspired dreamlike scenes, exquisite anime characters, advertising concepts, or AI-generated text in images and editing, the GPT-image-1 model can deliver all with remarkable quality.

GPT-image-1 Core Features:

• Superior Accuracy and Fidelity: Delivers images with exceptional quality and precision
• Diverse Visual Aesthetics: Supports a wide spectrum of artistic and design styles
• Precise Image Manipulation: Offers sophisticated editing capabilities with meticulous control
• Extensive Knowledge: Leverages the model's comprehensive understanding to create images that reflect real-world accuracy
• Consistent Text Rendering: Accurately incorporates and displays textual elements within generated images

Technical Advantages

Compared to DALL-E models, GPT-image-1 offers significant advantages:

• Understands both text and images
• Utilizes extensive world knowledge to generate more realistic images
• Provides better instruction-following capabilities and contextual awareness
• Generates lifelike images with authentic details without requiring reference images

GPT-image-1 Pricing Strategy:

API Call Costs

• Text input: $5.00 / 1M tokens
• Image input: $10.00 / 1M tokens
• Output: $40.00 / 1M output tokens

Single Image Cost (by quality and dimensions)

Low-quality image prices:

• 1024x1024: $0.011
• 1024x1536 or 1536x1024: $0.016

Medium-quality image prices:

• 1024x1024: $0.042
• 1024x1536 or 1536x1024: $0.063

High-quality image prices:

• 1024x1024: $0.167
• 1024x1536 or 1536x1024: $0.25

Note: Pricing does not include text and image tokens used during the image generation process; it only reflects the cost of output image tokens.

Safety and Moderation

• Built-in robust safety stack, including input/output review
• Offers moderation parameters ("auto" or "low") to control content filtering
• All images include C2PA metadata, marking them as AI-generated, enhancing transparency

How to Use GPT-image-1?

To begin using GPT-image-1, developers need to:

1. Have a verified OpenAI organization account
2. Quickly iterate prompts and images through OpenAI's Playground to familiarize themselves with the model's capabilities
3. Microsoft Azure will also offer this service to eligible customers

Developer documentation and sample code provided by OpenAI help developers quickly integrate GPT-image-1 into existing applications, enabling seamless image generation and editing functionality.

Application Scenarios

Industry Applications

• E-commerce: Product visualization, scenario display
• Design: Prototype design, brand asset creation
• Education: Visual teaching materials, interactive learning content
• Marketing: Advertising creativity, social media visual content
• Game Development: Game assets, character design

Start Using Today！

GPT-image-1 represents a significant advancement in OpenAI's image generation field, combining multimodal large language model capabilities with high-quality image generation. This model is particularly suitable for creative design, e-commerce, and content creation sectors, providing developers with powerful image generation and editing tools. Its flexible pricing structure offers different options based on quality and dimensions, allowing developers to choose appropriate configurations according to their needs.

Monica is integrating the GPT-image-1 API! We're excited to announce that Monica is actively connecting to the GPT-image-1 API, and soon you'll be able to experience this powerful image generation capability on the Monica platform. Whether creating marketing materials, designing prototypes, or generating educational content, the combination of Monica and GPT-image-1 will provide you with unprecedented creative tools. Stay tuned for the latest updates on the Monica platform!

Official Resources:

• Developer Documentation:

https://openai.com/index/image-generation-api/
https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/image-generation?image-generation-model=gpt-image-1

• Official X Announcement:

• Azure Official Video: