Summary

No, ChatGPT cannot create images.

However, it’s possible for you to use it to help you create prompts for AI image generators.

ChatGPT is capable of many writing feats, and you might wonder if it can generate images.

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Can You Use ChatGPT as a Picture Generator?

ChatGPTcannot generate images—not as of May, 2023, at least.

However, there are quite a fewAI image generatorsout there, such asDALL-E,Stable Diffusion, and more.

Stable Diffusion “a robot eating a taco”

Jason Fitzpatrick / Stable Diffusion

In the future, ChatGPT Plus users may get access toChatGPT plug-insthat will let ChatGPT generate images.

No, you cannot provide an image as a ChatGPT prompt.

ChatGPT is not connected to the web and has no way to access images.

The Dream by WOMBO AI image generator creating an image of a 4-dimensional whale.

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(ChatGPT can browse the web with plugins, but that’s it.)

you’re gonna wanna come up with a prompt that describes the image you want.

The more detailed your prompt is, the better the chance that you’ll get a nice image.

Someone asking ChatGPT to come up with a Stable Diffusion image generation prompt about a dragon.

Related:Stable Diffusion Brings Local AI Art Generation to Your PC

A surrealistic red dragon image created by Stable Diffusion.

Reyadh Rahaman / Stable Diffusion