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AI image model surge on Arena

April 4, 2026Blake Robbins, Justine Moore

Blake Robbins and Justine Moore point to multiple new anonymous image models on Arena and emphasize how strong outputs and text rendering are getting in public comparisons.

people are speculating GPT-Image-2 is testing on @arena.
Three new image models have hit the Arena 👀
They're named maskingtape, packingtape, and gaffertape.
I'm particularly impressed by the amount of "world knowledge" these models have - as well as the text rendering.
the early examples being posted are pretty mind-boggling.
all three of these images are AI generated.
Blake Robbins
Justine Moore
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