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We Committed Fraud with OpenAI's New Image Model (and Called Mum) - EP99.38
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- This Day in AI Podcast
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- Apr 24, 2026
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Summary
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 "This Day in AI." It was the best artwork in the class. That tells you everything. CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Intro & We're Back (Don't Over-Commit) 1:14 - Overview: Everything That Dropped While We Were Gone 2:56 - GPT-5.5: Vaporware? Not Even in the API 4:57 - Benchmarks vs Reality: Nobody's Excited About OpenAI Models 5:50 - GLM 5.1 & Kimi K 2.6: Secretly Just As Good? 8:15 - The Everything App Race & Product Layer War 8:56 - Token Economics: You're Only Paying 5.5% of Real Cost 13:08 - We Burned $1.5M in Cloud Credits in 2 Months 16:13 - "$30/Month Is Too Expensive" (It Actually Costs $700) 1…