ChatGPT will now make you animated GIFs

ChatGPT can now create GIFs using a prompt or a photo uploaded to the AI chatbot.

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.
[Image: You can adjust speed and edit frames directly in ChatGPT. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/11/GIF.png?quality=90&strip=all]
Along with support for GIF-making, the Images 2.6 update also enables faster image generation in ChatGPT, OpenAI says.

The company says users now generate over 4 billion images per week across ChatGPT and its API, a jump from the 3 billion per week it reported in September.

Images 2.6 is rolling out to all ChatGPT and Codex users across web, desktop, and mobile apps.

OpenAI is also launching GPT-Image-2.6 Flare and Sunburst in its API for faster and higher-quality image generation.