{"id":355904,"date":"2025-12-18T11:03:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T11:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/355904\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T11:03:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T11:03:09","slug":"sam-altman-uses-his-new-image-generator-to-show-himself-as-a-jacked-fireman-with-washboard-abs-with-an-absolutely-hilarious-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/355904\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Altman Uses His New Image Generator to Show Himself As a Jacked Fireman With Washboard Abs… With an Absolutely Hilarious Error"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\"OpenAI<\/p>\n

\t\t\tAI Generated Image via Sam Altman \/ X<\/p>\n

Not using AI to pretend you have the hot bod of your dreams? Then clearly you\u2019re not the CEO of a half-trillion-dollar AI company.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, OpenAI head honcho Sam Altman posted a holiday themed simulacrum of himself<\/a> 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\u2019s supposed to represent a decorated living room in the background. Shoved at the bottom is a calendar for the month of December.<\/p>\n

The image was generated with the just-released new version of ChatGPT Images, GPT Image 1.5. OpenAI claims the new model \u201cadheres to your intent more reliably,\u201d allowing users to better fine-tune their images across multiple prompts \u201cwhile keeping elements like lighting, composition, and people\u2019s appearance consistent.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u2019d see taken by a smartphone. That\u2019s in addition to Google\u2019s 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\u2019s massive leapfrog that Altman declared a \u201ccode red\u201d behind the scenes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s presenting a much different face to the world, though. The firefighter image of himself that looks ripped from the cover of a $8.99 smut paperback is another example of how Altman is willing to sacrifice whatever vestiges of self-respect he yet possess on the altar of hype through memes and cultural trends.<\/p>\n

When OpenAI released Sora 2 this September, Altman allowed fans to use his likeness to generate deepfakes of himself. And the gamble paid off. AI corners of social media, not to mention the Sora 2 app itself, were drowning in a flood of videos showing Altman\u00a0in all kinds of bizarre and absurd scenarios<\/a>, like Altman wearing a dress and riding a horse through New York while firing a gun that dispenses money<\/a>, and begging for GPUs through a doorbell camera<\/a>, and even grilling a dead Pikachu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That trend didn\u2019t spawn out of nowhere. To kick off Sora 2\u2019s launch, OpenAI posted a deepfaked video of Altman<\/a> announcing the new AI app, and shared another promotional video generated with Sora that showed him on a slapstick quest to get to Sora\u2019s launch on time.<\/p>\n

Now Altman\u2019s seemingly trying to recapture some of that viral potential with this latest debasement of himself created with his own tech, which is a little sad. It\u2019s clearly a coordinated effort at the company, since another meme-ready AI image of Altman, wearing what appears to be at least five shirts, was posted by the official OpenAI account, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for Altman, his AI parody doesn\u2019t look like it\u2019s doing great numbers at the box office. In fact, many instead pointed out something in his firefighter image even more embarrassing than the fact that he was peddling AI thirst traps of himself: the December calendar at the bottom is straight-up inaccurate, showing dates that don\u2019t align with the days of the week. Or at least, not this year; if he\u2019d posted it in 2022 or 2033 instead, it would\u2019ve been on the money.<\/p>\n

More on OpenAI: People Are Already Creating Ghoulishly Horrifying Sora Disney Videos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AI Generated Image via Sam Altman \/ X Not using AI to pretend you have the hot bod…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":355905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[256,254,255,64,63,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-355904","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=355904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/355904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=355904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=355904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=355904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}