I think the thing that strikes me is that the default for chatGPT and the API is to create images in "vivid" mode. There's some interesting discussion on the differences between the "vivid" and "natural" here https://cookbook.openai.com/articles/what_is_new_with_dalle_...
I think these contribute to the images becoming more surreal - would be interested to compare to natural mode - it looks like you're using vivid mode based on the examples?
I think the thing that strikes me is that the default for chatGPT and the API is to create images in "vivid" mode. There's some interesting discussion on the differences between the "vivid" and "natural" here https://cookbook.openai.com/articles/what_is_new_with_dalle_...
I think these contribute to the images becoming more surreal - would be interested to compare to natural mode - it looks like you're using vivid mode based on the examples?