# ChatGPT now lets you generate GIFs > Source: > Published: 2026-11-05 02:21:10+00:00 # ChatGPT now lets you generate GIFs [Amanda Yeo](https://mashable.com/author/amanda-yeo) [Read Full Bio](https://mashable.com/author/amanda-yeo) [ChatGPT](https://mashable.com/category/chatgpt) will now allow users to make GIFs from text prompts or uploaded images. The new feature is powered by [Images 2.6](https://openai.com/index/introducing-images-2-6/)**,** [OpenAI](https://mashable.com/category/openai)'s latest AI image generation model, unveiled on Wednesday. Rolling out globally to ChatGPT and [coding tool Codex](https://mashable.com/article/openai-introduce-ai-pet-companions-to-codex-app) today, Images 2.6 enables users to either describe the GIF they would like it to generate or upload an image to be animated. Users can also upload a rough drawing, and have the AI model ~~to~~ generate a more complete version to animate. Once generated, [*The Verge* reports](http://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1026474/openai-chatgpt-animated-gifs-images-2-6) that ChatGPT's new feature will allow users to adjust the GIF's animation speed, as well as view and edit individual frames. [OpenAI stated in a since-deleted X post](https://x.com/ChatGPT/status/2118126207602704513) that users can also have Images 2.6 save their uploaded pictures to be reused as prompts in the future. **You May Also Like** Significantly, Images 2.6's GIF-generating capability is not an AI video generator. Instead, OpenAI suggested that Images 2.6 can be used to create animated storyboards or to "explore character movement before video production." OpenAI [discontinued its AI video generation app Sora](https://mashable.com/article/openai-sora-shutting-down) earlier this year. [The *Wall Street Journal* repo](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-sudden-fall-of-openais-most-hyped-product-since-chatgpt-64c730c9)[rted](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-sudden-fall-of-openais-most-hyped-product-since-chatgpt-64c730c9https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-sudden-fall-of-openais-most-hyped-product-since-chatgpt-64c730c9) that it had few users and lost the company approximately $1 million per day. [Terms of Use](https://www.ziffdavis.com/terms-of-use)and [Privacy Policy](https://www.ziffdavis.com/ztg-privacy-policy). OpenAI appears to have largely focused its visual AI generation models on still images since then. However, the launch of Images 2.6 suggests it may be flirting with moving pictures once more. Last month, OpenAI launched Intelligent UI, a new ChatGPT feature that allows users to generate [interactive visual interfaces](https://mashable.com/tech/openai-chatgpt-intelligent-ui-interactive-visual-graphics). According to [OpenAI](https://mashable.com/category/openai), Images 2.6 also generates images 50 percent faster than its previous model, Images 2.5. Generation is still likely to take a moment**,** though**. The company says** that its speed-focused GPT‑Image‑2.6 Flare model can generate an image in about six seconds, provided its quality is set to low. OpenAI's GPT‑Image‑2.6 Flare and GPT‑Image‑2.6 Sunburst models are rolling out in [the company's API](https://mashable.com/article/microsoft-warns-openai-api-backdoor-malware-espionage). Images 2.6 is available now across all of ChatGPT and Codex's subscription tiers. *Disclosure: Ziff Davis, Mashable’s parent company, in April 2025 filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging it infringed Ziff Davis copyrights in training and operating its AI systems.* Topics [Artificial Intelligence](https://mashable.com/category/artificial-intelligence) [ChatGPT](https://mashable.com/category/chatgpt) [OpenAI](https://mashable.com/category/openai)