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title: "ChatGPT adds Sketch tool to turn doodles into detailed AI images"
url: https://www.parallelquant.com/posts/chatgpt-adds-sketch-tool-to-turn-doodles-into-detailed-ai-images-873f13
source_name: "The Verge"
source_url: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/991727/openai-chatgpt-images-2-5-sketch
published: 2026-09-08T20:16:09.000Z
topics: ["products"]
publisher: "Parallel Quant"
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# ChatGPT adds Sketch tool to turn doodles into detailed AI images

*2026-09-08 · Source: [The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/991727/openai-chatgpt-images-2-5-sketch)*

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Images 2.5, adding a Sketch feature that lets users draw directly in the chat window and have ChatGPT generate a detailed image from the drawing plus instructions. It's activated by typing "@Sketch," and users can also leave comments on specific parts of generated images.

**Why it matters:** Sketch-to-image input lowers the barrier to precise creative control for non-artists and continues a shift toward spatial, drawing-based inputs in chat interfaces rather than text prompts alone — a direction other image-gen tools are also moving toward.

**Topics:** products

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