Once It Sees You, It’ll Never Forget: OpenAI’s 4o – A New Kind of Image Generator AI image generation has progressed well beyond simple prompt-following. Now, OpenAI seems to be taking a big step closer to intuitive, flexible and controlled visual creation by rolling out image generation support in its 4o model just recently. Announced only last month, they make AI image tools seem like less of a hard command line and more like back-and-forth partners. A standout feature is improved text rendering. In the past, getting AI to output legible text coherent text within an image was a big challenge. 4o’s newfound precision gives users more ownership over how words and symbols infiltrate their visuals, expanding new design and communication territory. Even more revolutionary is the multi-turn refinement capability. Since image generation is now built right into the chat, you can iterate on an image via regular conversational interactivity. Prompt 4o to “make the sky more dramatic” or “add a small dog in the corner” – it can build upon previous prompts and images, keeping things consistent (like the look of a character through its various iterations) instead of having to start from scratch each time. In addition, 4o has improved instruction following, with capabilities in more complicated prompts containing new instances of objects (10-20s as opposed to typical 5-8) and their more accurate relationships represented. It can draw on images you share with it, incorporating specific pieces of information into its understanding in subsequent generations. The combination of these features suggests a future where AI image generation is a fluid, dynamic dialogue, giving creators new levels of control — and flexibility.
