Contra Labs

3 years of data. 1 finding that ties it together: AI raised the bar for creativity.

Creative Intelligence 2026 is live.

We compared @genpeachAI v1 Preview against 8 image models on 100 human-centered briefs, judged blind by 53 professional creatives. It won 71% of votes.

The set: GPT-Image-2.5 Sunburst, Nano Banana 2, Muse Image, Recraft V4.1, Luma Uni-1, Flux 3, Ideogram 4.5 and Krea 2 Medium.

GPT-6 Astra, the latest frontier-level model from @OpenAI, is the only model in our latest Human Creativity Benchmark study to build a complete, working user flow.

It lands 2nd overall on our leaderboard, behind Claude Fable 5.1 and ahead of GPT-5.6 Sol in 4th. We ran it against Claude Fable 5.1, Claude Opus 5, Muse Spark 1.1, and its predecessor GPT-5.6 Sol, across ideation, mockup, and refinement.

ChatGPT Images 2.5 Flare lands 2nd overall on our Human Creativity Benchmark leaderboard, almost on par with Muse Image and ahead of ChatGPT Images 2.0 and Nano Banana Pro.

It is the latest frontier-level image model from @OpenAI. We ran it against Muse Image, Krea 2 Medium, Flux 2[max], and its predecessor ChatGPT Images 2.0, across ideation, mockup, and refinement phases.

Seedance 2.5 tops our motion video leaderboard.

It won 72.6% of comparisons against Ray V3.2, Gemini Omni Flash, Grok Imagine, and Seedance 2.0.

And it gets stronger the more specific the prompt.