Perplexity will make AI images for you, but ChatGPT is the one doing the work

Date:
Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Description:
Perplexity adds AI image generation feature using ChatGPT

FULL STORY ======================================================================Perplexi ty has added AI image generation to its platform The images are produced
using the OpenAI model, which was recently released for ChatGPT Perplexity also made OpenAI's o3-mini and xAI's Grok-3 models available

AI conversational search engine Perplexity can now add some AI visuals to
your answer. And if those images look a lot like what ChatGPT would make, well, that's because they use the same model.

If you're unconvinced, the left image was generated using Perplexity, while the one on the right was created by ChatGPT, both with the same prompt. It's like an AI ghostwriter, but for fantasy landscapes with dragons instead of a legal thriller sold in an airport.

Perplexity quietly added the feature to its web platform this week, offering three image generations per day for free users and unlimited generations for Perplexity Pro users. It's pretty straightforward to use it.

Like with ChatGPT, you just have to ask the AI to "generate an image of" something, or use similar language to set up the prompt.

Don't worry if you don't have the model (officially GPT-4.1) chosen from the list of model options, either; Perplexity will automatically use it to
produce the visual. That's likely because none of the other models will make
a picture on Perplexity at the moment. you can generate images on perplexity now. the UI is cute and fun. we have also added support for grok 3 and
o4-mini for model selection options (which already supports gemini 2.5 pro, claude 3.7, perplexity sonar, gpt-4.1, deepseek r1 1776), and looking into supporting o3 as pic.twitter.com/RX6L98pf2g April 25, 2025 Perplexity
Pictures

That wasn't the only addition to Perplexity's abilities announced by the company, though. The AI assistant added a couple of other models to its stable.

xAI's Grok 3 model is now one of the choices for Perplexity to use in answering questions, while OpenAI's o4-mini model is now one of the "reasoning" model options.

This all fits with Perplexity's approach to its AI platform. Rather than trying to build everything from scratch, the company is curating models and weaving them into its platform to streamline access.

Its a smart play, especially considering how many people may want to try an
AI tool, but aren't willing to commit to just one among the many. Most people just want to ask a smart machine a question, get a clear answer, maybe see a cool picture of a flying whale while theyre at it, and move on with their lives.

The addition of ChatGPT's image generator is a nice splash of color to the AI search engine. It will likely become especially popular once it joins the voice assistant on the Perplexity mobile app . You might also like Perplexity's voice assistant offers a Siri alternative for iPhones Perplexity AI drops new Squid Game-inspired ad that pokes fun at Google starring Lee Jung-jae I compared Adobes new Firefly Image Model 4 to ChatGPTs image generator, and its like they went to the same art school



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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/perplexity-will-ma ke-ai-images-for-you-but-chatgpt-is-the-one-doing-the-work


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