Image and video models add more control over the revision
Images 2.6 adds markup-guided edits, SVG and GIF output, while Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash extends video to fifteen seconds and conversational revision; the useful test is how much work survives into a finished asset.
OpenAI released Images 2.6 on November 4 across ChatGPT, Codex and the API, with Flare and Sunburst variants for API use.
Developers can direct edits with image markup, export SVG and generate animated GIFs. A complexity control governs planning separately from image quality, allowing a simple edit to use less planning without necessarily choosing lower visual detail. These are meaningful production controls, though the announcement’s speed and consistency improvements remain vendor claims. [1][3]
Google’s November 5 Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash release adds native video creation and editing from three to fifteen seconds, in one-second increments, plus multi-turn conversational edits. It is generally available through the Gemini API and Google Cloud’s business offering. Google prices 720p generation at US$0.07 per second, 30% below Omni 1.1: a fifteen-second generation is US$1.05 before retries, edits, upscaling or other charges. [2][4]
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- OpenAI — Images 2.6
November 4 formats, editing controls, model variants and global product availability.
- Google — Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash
November 5 availability, duration, 720p per-second price and workflow. US$1.05 is 15 × US$0.07, not a complete project quote.
- OpenAI API — changelog
November 4 API release corroborates SVG/GIF, complexity and markup support; same provider, not independent image-quality evaluation.
- Google Cloud — Omni 1.2 Flash general availability
Separate Cloud product publication corroborates November 5 availability, $0.07/second at 720p and 15-second duration; same provider, not independent quality testing.
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AI-generated editorial illustration of controlled revision across image and motion formats; these are invented motifs, not output samples from either reported model.
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