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.