In the last 24 hours, the AI world has been shaken. OpenAI just dropped a bombshell with their new image generation model, and it's turning heads everywhere. Naturally, I had one question:
Who’s the king of image generation — OpenAI or Grok?
To find out, I decided to run a series of real-world tests with basic prompts. No fancy engineering here — just casual, natural instructions. Because let’s be honest, that’s how we all talk to AI.
🎨 Round 1: The Doodle Challenge
Goal: Create a doodle that shows “English is the new programming language,” with a character talking to a computer.
Prompt: A very casual, not-so-intelligent prompt — just to see how well AI interprets human intention.
- 🧠 Grok: Struggled a bit in the beginning, but got the idea eventually.
- 🚀 OpenAI: Nailed it from the start.
Verdict: 🤝 Tie — Grok took a while to warm up, but the final outputs were similar. What's your preference?
😂 Round 2: Meme Reply Challenge
Goal: Reply with a meme to a tweet that says: “I got my first customer!”
Prompt: Give a meme image reply for someone who just made their first paying customer.
- 🧠 Grok: Meh, not really meme-worthy.
- 🚀 OpenAI: Delivered a perfect meme — even asked for confirmation. Nice touch.
Winner: 🏆 OpenAI
📣 Round 3: Product Review Announcement
Goal: Create an image for an X (Twitter) post announcing a review of Chattermate by Scoutforge.
Review Link: Chattermate Review by Scoutforge
Rating: 4.2/5
- 🧠 Grok: Just gave up. Gibberish text, chaotic visuals.
- 🚀 OpenAI: Absolutely stunning result. Photoshop, are you watching?
Winner: 🏆 OpenAI
🎉 Final Test: Birthday Invitation Challenge (A Dad’s Special)
This one's personal. For the past 8 years, I’ve been designing my son’s birthday invitations from scratch in Photoshop.
Goal: See if AI can beat me at this.
Prompt:
Create a birthday invitation for my son Runix, this Sunday at 3:30 PM. Theme: Nerf Gun. Age: 9. Ask guests to RSVP.
- 🧠 Grok: Started with gibberish again.
- 🚀 OpenAI: Blew away every expectation. Honestly, I might retire from Photoshop forever.
Winner: 🏆 OpenAI (no contest)
🧾 Summary
The results were far beyond my imagination. What started as a casual test made me question the future of design tools.
Graphic designers, Photoshop, Canva...
You're officially on AI notice.
OpenAI's image model isn’t just good — it's a game-changer.
Let me know in the comments if you've tried both tools.
What’s your pick: Grok or OpenAI?
