ChatGPT Images might not boast the memorable title of Nano Banana, but OpenAI has rolled out its answer to Google’s well-known AI image editor. The organization’s “latest flagship image generation model” is now operational within ChatGPT Images and the API as GPT Image 1.5.

OpenAI has been achieving significant progress recently. After the unveiling of Google Gemini 3, the firm, which is allegedly in a “code red” status, released GPT-5.2 last week. Today, OpenAI furthers its counter to Google’s advancements in the AI arena with a substantial upgrade to ChatGPT Images, promising enhanced image generation, more efficient editing, and quicker performance.

“Whether you’re generating something anew or modifying an image, you’ll receive the result you envision,” OpenAI mentions in its announcement. “It makes accurate adjustments while preserving details, and produces images up to 4x more rapidly.”

With this update, OpenAI has launched a new Images tab in the ChatGPT app and browser. This feature provides a specialized area for image creation and serves as a discovery and brainstorming feed to motivate users. OpenAI characterizes it as “crafted to make image generation enjoyable — to ignite inspiration and facilitate creative exploration effortlessly.”

The newest update seems to be more of a refinement than a totally new innovation. OpenAI asserts the enhanced ChatGPT Image model will be increasingly dependable, align better with user intentions, and maintain consistency in details across outputs. This enhancement targets a prevalent joke in the AI community, where numerous individuals have experimented with the 100x ChatGPT image trend to evaluate its performance.

OpenAI’s announcement features a comprehensive list of updates with GPT Image 1.5, alongside impressive demonstrations of the new model operating.

ChatGPT Images vs. Nano Banana

Nano Banana is the moniker for Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, Google’s AI image creator. It has gained popularity due to its rapidity and user-friendliness, and Google has incorporated it into Gemini, Google Photos, Search, and Messages. How does the updated ChatGPT Images stand up?

In approximately 10 minutes, GPT-Image-1.5 claimed the leading position on LMArena’s Text-to-Image leaderboard, relegating Nano Banana Pro to second place. Nevertheless, practical examples have been somewhat varied.

I inquired with both Nano Banana and the new