DALL-E News 11/03/2022 AI Rating: Medium

DALL-E 2's API Goes Live: Developers Can Now Embed Image Generation in Their Apps

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OpenAI released DALL-E 2 as an API, letting developers embed image generation directly into their own apps, websites, and SaaS products. Anyone with an OpenAI API account could start using it as part of a public beta, marking the milestone where DALL-E 2’s commercial rollout truly began.

Details

  • Launch date: The API launched on November 3, 2022, available to everyone as a public beta
  • Pricing structure: Tiered by resolution β€” $0.02 per 1024x1024 image, $0.018 for 512x512, and $0.016 for 256x256
  • Enterprise discounts: Volume discounts were also made available to high-usage businesses through OpenAI’s enterprise team
  • Usage stats: By this point, more than 3 million people were generating over 4 million images per day, OpenAI reported

What happened next

The API release led to DALL-E 2 being embedded into a wide range of third-party apps and services, marking a turning point where image generation AI expanded from personal use into business applications. This trend fed directly into DALL-E 3 the following year and later native integration into ChatGPT.

Source https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/03/now-anyone-can-build-apps-that-use-dall-e-2-to-generate-images/

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