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OpenAI adds “Sketch” to ChatGPT Images 2.5—doodles become detailed images
Sep 8, 2026SOURCE: theverge.com
SO WHAT
In the thousand-day window, faster “intent capture” widens who can generate images, but deepens control of the model pipeline in the old system’s hands.
OpenAI announced ChatGPT Images 2.5 with a Sketch feature: draw inside ChatGPT, then specify how the final image should look. This shifts capture from typing prompts to submitting intent as a rough artifact.
This is Negative Resistance’s reframed reading of a reported signal. The headline and analysis above are our interpretation through the thousand-day-window lens. The original reporting lives at the source linked above.