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ChatGPT can now create animated GIFs from prompts or photos

The feature arrives with OpenAI's Images 2.6 model and lets users change playback speed, edit frames and share the result.

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  • ChatGPT can now generate animated GIFs from a text prompt or an uploaded photo.
  • The feature rolls out alongside OpenAI's new Images 2.6 model.
  • Users can adjust animation speed, edit individual frames and share the GIFs.

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OpenAI has added GIF creation to ChatGPT, letting users make animated GIFs from a written prompt or a photo they upload. The change was reported on 4 November 2026.

Until now, ChatGPT could not produce a GIF in a single step. The new feature rolls out alongside OpenAI's Images 2.6 model. Once a GIF is made, users can change how fast it plays, view and edit it frame by frame, and share it with others.

OpenAI shared an example in which a user types, "can you make a gif of a cat dancing?" ChatGPT then returns an animated GIF of the cat. The user can then adjust the playback speed or step through the individual frames.

The same process works with a photo. A user uploads an image and asks ChatGPT to animate it, and the chatbot turns it into a GIF.

OpenAI has said the Images 2.6 update also brings other changes. Details of those changes have not been given.

It is not yet known how many users will get access first, whether the feature will be free, or when it will reach every account. Users who want to try it should check the app for the option to create GIFs as the update rolls out.

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Sources: The Verge, India Today

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