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Card #410 · OpenAI Platform & APIs

gpt-image-1-mini generates nonsensical images unrelated to prompts

The gpt-image-1-mini model frequently produces images that completely ignore the prompt and input images, often generating random objects like food or humans instead. This issue is particularly prevalent when using the /edits endpoint or providing more than 4–5 input images.

OpenAI Platform & APIsUpdated May 25, 20260.18
Pain score
0.18/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach0.32
distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency0.99
freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement1.00
upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization1.00
willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 4 verified quotes
the generated result depicted a human instead of the animal
Forum·@beryllium··source ↗
Other attempts with a similar prompt created images of a sandwich, cookies or a pizza, although no food was mentioned in the prompt or was visible in the uploaded images.
Forum·@beryllium··source ↗
usually portraits that have nothing to do with your request, sometimes symbols or other images, but never anything related to what you actually requested.
Forum·@A_Blanco··source ↗
Calls to /edits with several input images return bad images on about 95% of results.
Forum·@A_Blanco··source ↗

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