DALL·E now available without waitlist

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OpenAI removes the waitlist for DALL·E beta, making the text-to-image generation tool immediately available to all users. The announcement reveals 1.5M+ active users creating 2M+ images daily, with plans to expand DALL·E API access to developers.

New users can start creating straight away. Lessons learned from deployment and improvements to our safety systems make wider availability possible.
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# DALL·E now available without waitlist Source: [https://openai.com/index/dall-e-now-available-without-waitlist/](https://openai.com/index/dall-e-now-available-without-waitlist/) OpenAIStarting today, we are removing the waitlist for the DALL·E beta so users can[sign up⁠\(opens in a new window\)](https://labs.openai.com/auth/signup)and start using it immediately\. More than 1\.5M users are now actively creating over 2M images a day with DALL·E, from[artists and creative directors⁠](https://openai.com/index/dall-e-2-extending-creativity/)to authors and architects, with over 100K users sharing their creations and feedback in our Discord community\. Responsibly scaling a system as powerful and complex as DALL·E—while learning about all the creative ways it can be used and misused—has required an iterative deployment approach\. Since we first previewed the DALL·E research to users in April, users have helped us discover new uses for DALL·E as a powerful creative tool\. Artists, in particular, have provided important input on DALL·E’s features\. ![“Cyberpunk cat, 90s Japan anime style” generated by DALL·E 2](https://images.ctfassets.net/kftzwdyauwt9/1c6a4da0-6336-42c1-ed9a2e020e29/a54820d313c827995a95be4a31a2104d/cyberpunk-cat.jpeg?w=3840&q=90&fm=webp) “Cyberpunk cat, 90s Japan anime style” by OpenAI ![“Wildflowers, grassy field, autumn rhythm, watercolor” generated by DALL·E 2](https://images.ctfassets.net/kftzwdyauwt9/1c6a4da0-6336-42c1-2829486c8116/335f82d0463f4a6485f91d3469ceccbd/wildflowers.jpeg?w=3840&q=90&fm=webp) “Wildflowers, grassy field, autumn rhythm, watercolor” by OpenAI ![“Running at the edge of space, toward a planet, calm, reaching the abyss, digital art”, generated by DALL·E 2](https://images.ctfassets.net/kftzwdyauwt9/1c6a4da0-6336-42c1-b21352d6152e/14726035e263f62ca34f87b85e982d2c/running-at-the-edge-of-space.jpeg?w=3840&q=90&fm=webp) “Running at the edge of space, toward a planet, calm, reaching the abyss, digital art” by OpenAI Their feedback inspired us to build features like[Outpainting⁠](https://openai.com/index/dall-e-introducing-outpainting/), which lets users continue an image beyond its original borders and create bigger images of any size, and collections—so users can create in all new ways and expedite their creative processes\. Learning from real\-world use has allowed us to improve our safety systems, making wider availability possible today\. In the past months, we’ve made our filters more robust at rejecting attempts to generate sexual, violent and other content that violates our[content policy⁠\(opens in a new window\)](https://labs.openai.com/policies/content-policy)and built new detection and response techniques to stop misuse\. We are currently testing a DALL·E API with several customers and are excited to soon offer it more broadly to developers and businesses so they can build apps on this powerful system\. We can’t wait to see what users from around the world create with DALL·E\.[Sign up⁠\(opens in a new window\)](https://labs.openai.com/auth/signup)today and start creating\. ### Our journey over the past few months includes: - **September 2022** DALL·E beta is available without a waitlist, over 1\.5M users creating more than 2M images per day - **July 2022** [Outpainting⁠](https://openai.com/index/dall-e-introducing-outpainting/)is added to the Edit tool - **June 2022** DALL·E available in[beta⁠](https://openai.com/index/dall-e-now-available-in-beta/)with pricing, which enabled onboarding over 1 million users - **April 2022** [1,000 users per week⁠](https://openai.com/index/dall-e-2-update/)onboarded to research preview - **March 2022** [DALL·E 2 paper⁠\(opens in a new window\)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.06125)published and Research Preview available to 200 artists, researchers, and trusted users - **November 2021** First version of[GLIDE paper⁠\(opens in a new window\)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.10741)is published - **April 2021** Diffusion models[outperform GANs on ImageNet synthesis⁠\(opens in a new window\)](https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.05233) - **December 2020** OpenAI announces the[first DALL·E⁠](https://openai.com/index/dall-e/)and[open\-sources CLIP⁠](https://openai.com/index/clip/)

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