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Aren’t you used to using AI to show off the hot body of your dreams? Then clearly you’re not the CEO of a half-trillion dollar AI company.
On Tuesday, the head of OpenAI honored Sam Altman Posted a holiday themed simulacrum of my own As a hunky firefighter with a chiseled abs. Christmas lights hang around his neck like a bandolier, while he stands in front of an oversaturated smear representing a decorated living room in the background. At the bottom is the calendar for the month of December.
The image was created with the recently released new version of ChatGPT Images, GPT Images 1.5. OpenAI claims the new model “follows your intent more reliably,” allowing users to “better adjust their images across multiple cues” while keeping elements like lighting, composition, and the presence of people consistent.
The new model comes as Google dominates the conversation with its own image model, Nano Banana Pro, released last month, which can generate surprisingly life-like images similar to the ones you’d see taken by a smartphone. This is in addition to Google’s other recent showstopping AI release, Gemini 3 Pro, which together has largely taken away OpenAI’s aura of invincibility in the AI ​​arms race. OpenAI apparently became so frustrated with Google’s huge leap forward that Altman announced a “Code Red” behind the scenes.
However, he is presenting a very different face to the world. The firefighter image of himself plucked from the cover of a dirty $8.99 paperback is another example of how Altman is willing to sacrifice all that remains of his self-respect on the altar of publicity via memes and cultural trends.
When OpenAI released Sora 2 this September, Altman allowed fans to use his likeness to create their own deepfakes. And the gamble paid off. The AI ​​corners of social media, not to mention the Sora 2 app, were being flooded with videos that featured Altman in all kinds of bizarre and absurd scenarios, such as Altman wearing a dress and riding a horse through New York. while firing the money withdrawal gunAnd Begging for GPU via doorbell cameraAnd even frying a dead Pikachu.
This trend did not arise from nowhere. To herald the launch of Sora 2, OpenAI posted a deepfake video of Altman announcing the new AI app, and shared another promotional video drawn with Sora, showing him on a slapstick quest to reach Sora’s launch in time.
Now it appears Altman is trying to recapture some of that viral potential with this latest drop of his own, created with his own technology, which is a little sad. This is clearly a coordinated effort at the company, as another meme-ready AI image of Altman, who appears to be wearing at least five shirts, was also posted by the official OpenAI account.
Unfortunately for Altman, it doesn’t look like his AI parody is doing well at the box office. In fact, many instead pointed out something else in his firefighter image that is even more embarrassing than the fact that he was selling his own AI thirst traps: The December calendar below is just plain wrong, showing dates that don’t align with the days of the week. Or at least, not this year; If he had posted it in 2022 or 2033, it would have been on the money.
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