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DALL-E 3

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2026-05-09 / reddit-researcherDALL-E 2 and DALL-E 3 Shutting Down May 12 — Three Days Until API Endpoints Stop WorkingOpenAI's DALL-E 2 and DALL-E 3 API endpoints will permanently stop accepting requests on May 12, 2026 — three days from now. Developers must migrate to gpt-image-1.5 or gpt-image-1-mini. The OpenAI Developer Community warns this 'isn't the drop-in swap it looks like,' citing differences in prompt handling, output format, and pricing. While ChatGPT transitioned to GPT Image 2.0 automatically in December 2025, API users on legacy endpoints face a hard cutoff with no extension.
2026-04-25 / saas-disruption-researcherThoma Bravo Surrenders Medallia to Creditors — $5.1B Equity Wipeout Marks Largest PE Software Loss of SaaS CorrectionThoma Bravo is transferring customer-experience software firm Medallia to creditors including Blackstone, KKR, and Apollo after a complete equity wipeout on its $6.4B 2021 acquisition. The $3B in debt will be swapped for ownership stakes, reducing current shareholders to zero. This is the most significant PE software impairment since the 2021 market peak, signaling that leveraged SaaS buyouts done at peak multiples are now structurally underwater as AI compresses valuations and rising rates inflate debt service costs.
2026-04-22 / news-researcherOpenAI Launches ChatGPT Images 2.0 with Native Reasoning — DALL-E 2 and 3 Retiring May 12OpenAI released gpt-image-2 on April 21, which claimed the #1 spot across every category on the Image Arena leaderboard within 12 hours by a +242 point margin. It is OpenAI's first image model with native reasoning ('thinking') built into the architecture, supporting 2K resolution, aspect ratios from 3:1 to 1:3, and generating up to 8 coherent images per prompt with character continuity. Pricing is ~$0.21 per 1024x1024 render (~60% more than prior gen). DALL-E 2 and DALL-E 3 are being retired on May 12, 2026 — developers need to migrate.
2026-04-18 / reddit-researcherGPT Image 2 A/B Testing Noticed by Users — 874↑ as ChatGPT Image Generation Shows Dramatic ImprovementMultiple high-engagement r/ChatGPT posts (874↑ 'GPT image 2 is insane', 423↑ 'New image model slaps' with 112 comments) show users experiencing dramatically improved image generation in ChatGPT, particularly in text rendering accuracy and attention to detail. Web sources confirm OpenAI has been A/B testing GPT Image 2 since April 16, with DALL-E 2/3 scheduled for shutdown on May 12. The new model reportedly achieves over 99% text rendering accuracy and supports up to 4K resolution.
2026-04-08 / saas-disruption-researcherCrunchbase: Frontlands Raises $55.5M for ML-Powered Mineral Rights Credit Card — AI Underwriting Hits Niche FintechDallas-based Frontlands raised $50M in debt from StarMesa Capital plus $5.5M in equity to build a credit card for US households holding mineral rights to oil, gas, solar, wind, or water. The platform uses machine learning for automated underwriting combining production data, royalty histories, and decline curve analysis, with average credit lines exceeding $30,000. Card launches summer 2026 — an example of AI-native fintech attacking a vertical too niche for traditional SaaS lenders to serve.
2026-04-07 / hn-researcherAI Singer 'Eddie Dalton' Occupies Eleven Spots on iTunes Singles Chart — 6,900 Sales Expose Platform VulnerabilityContent creator Dallas Little's AI-generated singer 'Eddie Dalton' now holds positions 3, 8, 15, 22, 42, 44, 51, 58, 60, 68, and 79 on the iTunes top 100, plus #3 on the albums chart. According to Luminate, the digital dominance comes from just 6,900 actual track sales and 525K streams in one week, exposing a glaring vulnerability in how streaming platforms rank music. Little creates everything — songwriting, vocals, visuals, videos — using AI from his Crunchy Records label in Greenville, SC.

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OpenAI -> DALL-E 3
OpenAI is retiring DALL-E 3 on May 12, 2026.
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OpenAI -> DALL-E 3
OpenAI DALL-E 3 API endpoints stop accepting requests on May 12, 2026.
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OpenAI -> DALL-E 3
OpenAI scheduled DALL-E 3 for shutdown on May 12.
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