ChatGPT adds native GIF creation from prompts and photos

ChatGPT is receiving a feature that can create animated GIFs from either a written prompt or a photo uploaded to the chatbot. The update is rolling out alongside OpenAI’s Images 2.6 model and adds controls for changing playback speed, editing individual frames, and sharing the finished GIF with other people.

Until now, ChatGPT could not natively produce a GIF in one step. In an example released by the company, a user asks the chatbot to make a GIF of a dancing cat. ChatGPT generates the animation and provides options to adjust its speed and inspect it frame by frame. The update expands the image-generation functions available in the chatbot, while the article does not provide further details about the additional capabilities included with Images 2.6.