OpenAI released Photos 2.6: according to the company, photos are created 50% faster than the previous version, and the model also learned to create a GIF from a character, mascot or simple sketch. It already works on ChatGPT and Codex on all rates.
The API has two models at the same price as 2.5: $8 per million input and $30 per million output image tokens. A low quality flare can produce an image in as little as 6 seconds, a medium and high quality sun draws better and keeps the image more stable between edits.
From ChatGPT we moved the image markup to spot edits to the API, added export to SVG and a complexity parameter: it determines how detailed the model plans the scene before creation. For most edits, OpenAI recommends low.