Co-hosts Mark Thompson and Steve Little explore OpenAI's revolutionary update to ChatGPT 4o's image generation capabilities, which now creates photorealistic images with accurate text and consistent characters across multiple images.

They interview Jarrett Ross from The GeneaVlogger YouTube channel, who shares how he uses AI in his business and in his projects, including an innovative facial recognition project that identifies people in historical photographs from Poland.

The hosts also examine OpenAI's O3 model's groundbreaking image analysis abilities, demonstrating how it can now automatically zoom in on handwritten text and reason through complex photographic analysis.

This episode showcases how AI image tools are transforming genealogical research while emphasizing the importance of responsible use.

Timestamps:

In the News:

06:26 ChatGPT 4o Image Generation: Photorealism and Text Accuracy Revolution

Interview

30:48 Interview with Jarrett Ross: AI Facial Recognition in Genealogy

RapidFire:

52:01 ChatGPT O3: Advanced Image Analysis with Reasoning Capabilities

Resource Links:

ChatGPT 4o Image Generation

https://openai.com/index/introducing-4o-image-generation/

What OpenAI Did -- Ethan Mollick

https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/what-openai-did

The GeneaVlogger YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm_QNoNtgi2Sk4H9Y2SInmg

OpenAI Releases new o3 and o4 Mini models

https://openai.com/index/introducing-o3-and-o4-mini/

On Jagged AGI: o3, Gemini 2.5, and everything after -- Ethan Mollick

https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/on-jagged-agi-o3-gemini-25-and-everything

Tags:

Artificial Intelligence, Genealogy, Family History, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Image Generation, Facial Recognition, Photo Analysis, AI Tools, GeneaVlogger, Jarrett Ross, Jewish Genealogy, Historical Photos, Document Analysis, OCR Technology, Handwriting Recognition, Photo Restoration, AI Ethics, Responsible AI Use, Image Authentication, DALL-E, O3 Model, Reasoning Models, Archive Photos, Community Projects