ChatGPT-image-2 Outputs Plagued by Speckle Patterns

barakwidawsky · x · 2026-07-05

Users report that every image generated by ChatGPT-image-2 features a highly pronounced, subjectively unpleasant speckle pattern. It remains unclear whether this is a watermark or a generation artifact.

The issue was more severe in the initial version and persists in the current public release.

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