CEO Sam Altman teases version 2 for Ghibli fans; OpenAI chief scientist responds with a ‘sleep request’

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently hinted at launching an improved version of ChatGPT image generator after the viral Ghibli-style AI art trend. In a post on X, Altman stated, “y’all are not ready for images v2…” , suggesting that the upcoming version will introduce notable improvements. While the exact details and a release date for “images v2” is not known yet, Altman’s teaser indicates that OpenAI is preparing to unveil substantial enhancements to ChatGPT’s image-generation features.

Hours later the CEO’s post, OpenAI’s chief scientist – Lu Liu made a sleep request to Altman. In a post on X, Liu wrote “we need sleep” followed by a melting face emoji.