DALL·E 2 drops its waitlist and opens immediate sign-up
OpenAI removes the DALL·E beta waitlist, allowing users to sign up immediately; more than 1.5M active users were generating over 2M images per day.
What happened
Event details
OpenAI removed the waitlist for the DALL·E beta, letting users sign up and begin using it immediately. The company reported more than 1.5M active users generating over 2M images per day, marking the shift from staged invitations to a broadly available consumer product. The service remained a beta and the model weights stayed closed. OpenAI attributed the wider rollout to months of real-world feedback and stronger systems for rejecting sexual, violent and other policy-violating requests. The API was still being tested with a small number of customers and was not yet generally available.
Assessment
Why it matters
Removing the waitlist moved DALL·E 2 from an invitation-based preview to a mass public product, while preserving hosted access and safety controls.
Availability
Access notes
The DALL·E beta allowed immediate sign-up without a waitlist; weights remained closed and the API was still in limited testing.