Did you know OpenAI Anticipates Delays in New Image Generation Tool for ChatGPT Due to Capacity Challenges

 

A new thread of posts on X was shared on Monday by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discussing the release of ChatGPT’s new image generation tool.

It seems like the latest product is set to face some serious product delays due to capacity challenges. The company does hope to ensure things remain under control, but new releases might witness a delay for this reason. It similarly warned that things might undergo various challenges or even break as they’re still trying to figure things out.

The company’s latest image generation capability arose with a lot of fanfare and controversy. The fact that it carries the ability to reproduce various styles, such as animations like Studio Ghibli, is something fans were excited for. In a new array of posts, the company says it’s working hard to catch up to people’s expectations since the launch. They spoke about teams working around the clock, including late nights and even on weekends, to ensure services remain on top.

Monday was a great example to see how, in just one hour, we saw ChatGPT add one million new users. Today, it has 500M weekly users and 20M paying subscribers. This is up from 300M users and 15.5M subscribers we witnessed towards the end of 2024.

To ease all related capacity issues, the tech giant was forced to delay releases of tools for image generation for those with free subscriptions and then disable video generation for new Sora users, which is the firm’s suite of AI media tools.