"On Tuesday, OpenAI head honcho Sam Altman posted a holiday themed simulacrum of himself as a hunky firefighter with chiseled abs. Christmas lights are dangled around his neck like a bandolier, while he stands in front of an oversaturated smear that's supposed to represent a decorated living room in the background. Shoved at the bottom is a calendar for the month of December."
"The new model comes as Google dominates the conversation with its own image model released last month, Nano Banana Pro, which can generate astonishingly life-like images akin to what you'd see taken by a smartphone. That's in addition to Google's other recent showstopping AI release, Gemini 3 Pro, which together have largely dispelled the aura of invincibility OpenAI once possessed in the AI arms race. OpenAI has apparently been so rattled by Google's massive leapfrog that Altman declared a "code red" behind the scenes."
Sam Altman posted a holiday-themed image of himself generated by GPT Image 1.5 that depicts him as a muscular firefighter with Christmas lights and a December calendar. GPT Image 1.5 reportedly adheres to user intent more reliably and enables finer control across multiple prompts while keeping lighting, composition, and people's appearance consistent. Google's recent releases, Nano Banana Pro and Gemini 3 Pro, have produced more lifelike images and challenged OpenAI's lead, prompting an internal "code red" at OpenAI. Altman previously allowed his likeness to be used for deepfakes with Sora 2, which led to widespread viral content.
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