image generation

OpenAI's November 4 API release adds a complexity setting, SVG and GIF output and markup edits; the API reference says GIF requires preview access, the 2.6 pages list Batch as not supported, and gpt-image-2 is deprecated for removal on February 10, 2027.

Hugging Face's Diffusers 0.42.0 adds FLUX.3 Image Klein, Bria Fibo 2.0, Kandinsky 6, SANA-WM and RFD4-Proteína, and now requires Python 3.11 or newer.

Google lists Nano Banana 2.1 as generally available in the Gemini API from October 6, with 1:8 and 8:1 aspect ratios and image output at $30 per million tokens.

Qwen-Image-2.1 unifies text-to-image generation and editing with native RGBA transparency, tops open-weight rivals on Qwen's own benchmark, but trails closed leaders.

Google rolled out Pics, an AI image generator and editor built natively into Workspace, powered by its Nano Banana model and aimed at Canva- and Adobe Express-style design tasks.