Launch: Synthetic Image Generation with DALL-E and GPT-4 Vision

Generating synthetic data is an effective solution for creating vision model training datasets, especially when objects of interest are rare or hard to capture. Roboflow introduces a new API endpoint that allows users to generate synthetic images using OpenAI's DALL-E and GPT-4 Vision, enabling the integration of custom-generated images directly into Roboflow projects. This process involves using a base image as a description for the image prompt and requires an OpenAI API key, which can be managed in Roboflow workspace settings. The API facilitates both generating images from prompts and modifying existing images to create specific variations, and it supports the transition from synthetic to real images as projects advance. Furthermore, tools such as Roboflow Collect and the Roboflow Inference package assist in gathering real production images, while the platform provides options to manage and eventually phase out synthetic images in favor of real data as more production images become available.