GPT-IMAGE-2 Appears on LMArena Under Three Codenames: Community Reports Massive Quality Jump

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An r/singularity post with 421 upvotes and 215 comments reports what appears to be OpenAI's unreleased GPT-IMAGE-2 model on LMArena, operating under codenames 'maskingtape-alpha,' 'gaffertape-alpha,' and 'packingtape-alpha.' Early testers describe it as 'absolutely insane and far better than nano banana,' and the model reportedly self-identifies as OpenAI when prompted. No official announcement from OpenAI yet.