AI news of 4 November 2026 · Robots Versus Humans

ChatGPT will now make you animated GIFs

ChatGPT can now create animated GIFs with prompts or uploaded photos.

ChatGPT can now create GIFs using a prompt or a photo uploaded to the AI chatbot. The update, which is rolling out alongside OpenAI's new Images 2.6 model, allows you to adjust the GIF's animation speed, edit individual frames, and share it with others. Before this change, ChatGPT couldn't natively generate GIFs in a single step. An example shared by the company shows how ChatGPT can generate a GIF in response to the prompt, "can you make a gif of a cat dancing?" while also providing you with the option to change the playback speed and view it frame by frame. Along with support for GIF-making, the Images 2.6 update also enables faster imag …

The Verge 10h ago 1 min read

OpenAI acquisition

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document processing

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OpenAI image generation

ChatGPT can now turn text prompts and photos into animated GIFs with OpenAI's Images 2.6 model

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The Decoder 4h ago

AI hardware

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The Verge 10h ago

AI model deployment

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ChatGPT will now make you animated GIFs

OpenAI to acquire Pierre Computer Company, Inc. Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Hugging Face’s CEO Says His P(Doom) Is ‘Close to Zero’ Opens at the publisher in a new tab

GPT-6 Astra sees the matrix and reprograms other AI models directly through their weights

Dharma Field Extractor: Any Document In, Structured Fields in JSON Out Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Open source AI is booming. Hugging Face explains who profits.

ChatGPT can now turn text prompts and photos into animated GIFs with OpenAI's Images 2.6 model

Nothing teases a screen-free AI device ahead of launch next month

Daybreak Red is now available in AWS GovCloud (US-East) Opens at the publisher in a new tab

Building on open source AI? Hugging Face’s policy chief on the costs, risks, and trade-offs

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