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Re:OpenAI releases image generation in the API by jeevships on Thursday April 24, 2025 @08:42PM (#43789088)
Genuinely curious, why would someone buy from your gpt image wrapper when they can just create it in gpt themselves?
Re:OpenAI releases image generation in the API by jonahx on Thursday April 24, 2025 @08:55PM (#43789170)
Not being glib, but this is like the famous comment when dropbox was first announced: "you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem". [1]

You might say, "but chatGPT is already as dead simple an interface as you can imagine". And the answer to that is, for specific tasks, no general interface is ever specific enough. So imagine you want to use this to create "headshots" or "linkedin bio photos" from random pictures of yourself. A bespoke interface, with options you haven't even considered already thought through for you, and some quality control/revisions baked into the process, is something someone might pay for.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224

Re:OpenAI releases image generation in the API by tarikozket on Thursday April 24, 2025 @08:45PM (#43789101)
different personas require different UXs. not everyone is going to understand and enjoy the chat interface; many will require a different UX.
Re:OpenAI releases image generation in the API by darajava on Friday April 25, 2025 @06:13AM (#43792028)
I am using it in a little mini-company I built! https://clevercoloringbook.com
Re:OpenAI releases image generation in the API by acyou on Friday April 25, 2025 @09:27AM (#43793351)
You can get custom 1-off printing for that cheap? What paper/binding do you use?

Is the printer just drop shipping? Do you use a single printer, or is there a printing service that contracts the closer physical shop?

Re:OpenAI releases image generation in the API by darajava on Saturday April 26, 2025 @03:00AM (#43801497)
Yes it's dropshipping, I use Lulu.com's api - it's awesome!