Retouch select and deliver photographs
As of 2026-10-10, AI does this work at L2 Partial automation. 13 updates bear on it. Strongest evidence: From the publisher only.
- Level
- L2Partial automation
- Updates
- 13
- Companies
- 5Alibaba · Google · Tencent
- Strongest evidence
- T3From the publisher only
What moved it
Every update that bears on this work, newest first.
- 2026-10-09AlibabaAlibaba releases Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo with open weights
Alibaba released Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo, an accelerated checkpoint of Qwen-Image-2.1 on the same 7B architecture, generating and editing 2K images in 8 denoising steps. Open weights are available, and Qwen-Image-2.1 Pro and Turbo APIs are now live.
- 2026-10-06GoogleNano Banana 2.1 now available in Google Flow
Google Flow adds Nano Banana 2.1 with improved visual quality and subject consistency for generation and editing. Nano Banana Pro and Nano Banana 2 Lite remain available.
- 2026-10-06GoogleGoogle launches Nano Banana 2.1 image generation and editing model
Google released Nano Banana 2.1, an upgraded image generation and editing model with improvements in visual design, mask-based editing, and subject consistency.
- 2026-09-23AlibabaQwen-Image-2.1 tops Image Edit and Text-to-Image Arenas as #1 open-source model
Alibaba reported that Qwen-Image-2.1 is now the #1 open-source model in both the Image Edit and Text-to-Image Arenas.
- 2026-09-22TencentTencent Hunyuan releases Hy Image3.5 preview
Tencent Hunyuan released Hy Image3.5 preview, an image editing model, now live in Miora and free for two weeks.
- 2026-09-22AlibabaQwen-Image-2.1 gains Day-0 OpenVINO support from Intel
Qwen-Image-2.1 is ready to run optimized on Intel hardware via Day-0 OpenVINO support, with one open-weight checkpoint for both generation and editing.
- 2026-09-20AlibabaQwen-Image-2.1 image generation model released with open weights
Alibaba's Qwen team released Qwen-Image-2.1, a unified image generation and editing model, with open weights. It gained day-0 support in vLLM and ComfyUI.
- 2026-09-11GoogleGoogle Pics enables precise image creation, editing, and translation
Google Pics allows users without design experience to perform precise image creation, object editing, and translation in creative workflows.
- 2026-09-10GoogleGoogle launches Pics image generation and editing tool
Google introduces Pics, built with Nano Banana, for generating, refining and co-creating images with object isolation and text editing capabilities.
- 2026-09-09GoogleGoogle Pics rolls out to Workspace, AI Pro and Ultra subscribers
Google Pics, an image creation and editing tool built on the Nano Banana model, is rolling out to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers and most Workspace business customers.
- 2026-09-09MiniMaxGPT Image 2.5 available on MiniMax Design
MiniMax Design added GPT Image 2.5, offering more precise edits, better consistency, richer details and faster generation at the same price as Image 2.
- 2026-09-08OpenAIOpenAI introduces GPT-Image-2.5 Flare and Sunburst in the API
OpenAI adds new image models, GPT-Image-2.5 Flare and Sunburst, to its API with sharper detail, stronger style adherence, and more edit control.
- 2026-09-08OpenAIOpenAI releases ChatGPT Images 2.5
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Images 2.5 with faster generation, improved fidelity, consistent details across edits, and comment-based editing tools.