Nigeria, March 26 -- OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman has announced a significant upgrade to ChatGPT's image generation capabilities during a livestream.

This update brings the ability for ChatGPT to generate and modify images directly using the GPT-4o model, a feature that was not previously available in the platform.

Until now, GPT-4o was only used for text-based tasks, but it can now handle the creation and editing of images and photos.

The new image feature is accessible today to subscribers of OpenAI's $200-per-month Pro plan, with plans to roll it out soon to Plus users and free users of ChatGPT, as well as developers using OpenAI's API service.

The upgraded GPT-4o model takes slightly longer to generate images compared to its predecesso...