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# Does ChatGPT ban people from making images or something?

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**Published:** July 7, 2026  
**Original:** https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1upmsyu/does_chatgpt_ban_people_from_making_images_or/  

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## Overview

I just asked ChatGPT to make a cartoon image from a picture I attached showing a teacher woman surrounded by kids. I think because in my prompt, I mentioned the word "children" so ChatGPT just censored and locked itself out mid-way through the generation, telling me the image gen failed. So I'm like, "ok whatever, F this stupid paranoia censorship"... and asked ChatGPT to make new image without the children involved. And AGAIN, ChatGPT refused to generate an image. I did 

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