OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced on social media that the launch of ChatGPT's newly introduced image feature has been delayed, citing unexpectedly high user demand. Altman stated, "The image capabilities in ChatGPT are proving far more popular than we anticipated (and our expectations were already high!)."
On Tuesday, OpenAI launched native image generation capabilities for GPT-4, allowing users to upload and modify images, and indicated that the feature would soon be available to all users. However, as of Wednesday, OpenAI has only rolled out this functionality to ChatGPT Pro, Plus, and Teams subscribers. Many free users will have to wait patiently for the new feature.
Over the past few months, OpenAI has repeatedly encountered similar issues with product launches, citing difficulties due to insufficient computing power. Last December, after launching Sora, OpenAI paused new user registrations due to capacity constraints. To alleviate the current computing bottleneck, OpenAI plans to invest $500 billion in a "Stargate" data center project.
With the continuous advancement of AI technology, user expectations for features like image generation are also rising. This delay clearly reflects the strong market demand for this technology. Whether OpenAI can successfully address these issues, enhance its computing power, and smoothly launch the new feature for all users as planned will be a key focus for the industry.
Key takeaways:
🌟 OpenAI announced a delay in the launch of ChatGPT's new image feature; free users will need to wait.
📈 The CEO stated that demand for the image feature exceeded expectations, indicating extremely high popularity.
💻 The company is facing a computing power bottleneck and plans to invest in building new data center projects to improve the situation.
