Introducing Images 2.6
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On Hacker News
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- 322
- Comments
- 192
- Submitted by
- davidbarker
- Posted
- Nov 4, 2026
- Site
- openai.com
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Trending history
Introducing Images 2.6 was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 5, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 67 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #5 of 30, reached on Nov 5, 16:37 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 5, 16:37 UTC.
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That stained glass whale thing makes me especially grumpy. When it scrolled onto the page, my first thought was "whoah, what a neat idea" and then it was _immediately_ followed by "what a terribly execution." Like, I'm not even an artist, so I'm sure there's a million things I'm missing, but it's just so upsetting to…
Using the grid trick for animations to generate the individual frames has been around for awhile and not specific to ChatGPT: I'm surprised it took this long for one of the official providers to make it explicit. However, adherence between frames is generally tricky, and even in the examples there is a lot of noise…
Feels like ai image generation has plateaud. Coding related have had massive step-up improvements over time. The same cannot be said for image generation. If anything, I swear it's gone backwards. It peaked with very early midjourney (like 2022), maybe follow ups with stable diffusion, and then with some of the nano…
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Is Introducing Images 2.6 trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 5, 16:37 UTC, after 1 day of trending.
What is the highest rank Introducing Images 2.6 reached?
#5 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 5, 16:37 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Introducing Images 2.6 been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 5, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (67 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
322 points and 192 comments; submitted by davidbarker on Nov 4, 2026.