We Committed Fraud with OpenAI's New Image Model (and Called Mum) - EP99.38

About this episode

The hosts discuss recent developments in AI, including OpenAI's new products and their implications, while sharing humorous anecdotes about forgery and local interactions.

Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai So Chris, this week... a LOT has happened. We're back to regular programming (maybe), and back with our average takes. Nothing's changed. GPT-5.5 just dropped today - but you can't even use it in the API. Vaporware? OpenAI is charging MORE than Opus 4.7 and we haven't even tested it yet. Meanwhile Claude Opus 4.7 landed a couple weeks ago and... the vibes are off? Mike's actually going BACK to 4.6. Something's wrong. But the real star: OpenAI Image 2. This thing is genuinely terrifying. We committed what can only be described as "parody fraud" - faking a council letter so realistic Mike's own mother fell for it on a phone call. Then Chris posted a fake development approval with the mayor's real name into a local Facebook group and had to delete it when someone tagged the actual mayor. The forgery capabilities are absolutely unhinged. Also: GLM 5.1 is so good Mike forgot he switched to it. Kimi K 2.6 is criminally underrated. VCs are paying 70% of your real token costs. Consumers pay only 5.5% of actual cost. The everything app war is ON. The SaaS-pocalypse is real. And we made two new diss tracks. Chris made a graffiti sign in LA. It says…

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris Sharkey, Michael Sharkey

Topics covered

• AI developments
• OpenAI products
• forgery capabilities
• technology news
• GPT-5.5
• local government interactions
• art and culture

Keywords

• OpenAI
• GPT-5.5
• Claude Opus 4.7
• forgery
• AI news
• technology
• SaaS-pocalypse
• GLM 5.1
• Kimi K 2.6

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI

Products: GPT-5.5, Claude Opus 4.7, OpenAI Image 2, GLM 5.1, Kimi K 2.6

Places: LA

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