OpenAI released a new image generation model today - gpt-image-1-mini - which they described as "80% less expensive than the large model" I vibe-coded up a Python CLI tool to try it out. Here's "racoon eating cheese wearing a top hat, realistic photo" which I cost ~0.2 cents

More here, including my CLI tool, the transcript I used to create it and a pelican riding a bicycle for good luck export OPENAI_API_KEY="$(llm keys get openai)" uv run http''s://tools.simonwillison.net/python/openai_image.py "A pelican riding a bicycle"