Where's the raccoon with the ham radio? (ChatGPT Images 2.0)
OpenAI has released ChatGPT Images 2.0, its latest image generation model, which shows significant improvement over its predecessor in generating complex, detailed scenes. The model was tested with a 'Where's Waldo'-style prompt featuring a raccoon holding a ham radio, a task that challenged both older models and competing systems. While earlier versions and some rival models failed or produced unclear results, the high-resolution output from ChatGPT Images 2.0 successfully included the raccoon, making it visible and identifiable. However, attempts to use AI models to solve their own generated puzzles revealed limitations in reliability.
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Where’s the raccoon with the ham radio? (ChatGPT Images 2.0) 21st April 2026 OpenAI released ChatGPT Images 2.0 today, their latest image generation model. On the livestream Sam Altman said that the leap from gpt-image-1 to gpt-image-2 was equivalent to jumping from GPT-3 to GPT-5. Here’s how I put it to the test. My prompt: Do a where's Waldo style image but it's where is the raccoon holding a ham radio gpt-image-1 First as a baseline here’s what I got from the older gpt-image-1 using ChatGPT directly: I wasn’t able to spot the raccoon—I quickly realized that testing image generation models on Where’s Waldo style images (Where’s Wally in the UK) can be pretty frustrating! I tried getting Claude Opus 4.7 with its new higher resolution inputs to solve it but it was convinced there was a…
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