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

<p>Join Simtheory: <a href="https://simtheory.ai">https://simtheory.ai</a></p><p>So Chris, this week... a LOT has happened. We're back to regular programming (maybe), and back with our average takes. Nothing's changed.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>CHAPTERS:</p><p>0:00 - Intro &amp; We're Back (Don't Over-Commit)<br>1:14 - Overview: Everything That Dropped While We Were Gone<br>2:56 - GPT-5.5: Vaporware? Not Even in the API<br>4:57 - Benchmarks vs Reality: Nobody's Excited About OpenAI Models<br>5:50 - GLM 5.1 &amp; Kimi K 2.6: Secretly Just As Good?<br>8:15 - The Everything App Race &amp; Product Layer War<br>8:56 - Token Economics: You're Only Paying 5.5% of Real Cost<br>13:08 - We Burned $1.5M in Cloud Credits in 2 Months<br>16:13 - "$30/Month Is Too Expensive" (It Actually Costs $700)<br>19:25 - Where Is Google?? TPUs Should Flatten Everyone<br>22:01 - Agentic Tasks Are 10-50x More Expensive Than Chat<br>25:07 - OpenAI Workspace Agents: Glorified Zapier?<br>27:01 - Single Agent vs Multi-Agent: How Do You Actually Work?<br>33:06 - Building Automation Is HARD (Our Support Shame)<br>35:33 - OpenAI Image 2: The Fraud Episode Begins<br>44:16 - FRAUD DEMO: The Fake Council Letter (Mum Falls For It)<br>49:16 - FRAUD DEMO 2: Chris Posts Fake Mayor Letter on Facebook<br>52:17 - Fake Receipts, Bank Statements &amp; Can Forgeries Be Detected?<br>57:25 - Claude Opus 4.7: The Vibes Are Off<br>59:51 - Mythos Preview: "Pics or It Didn't Happen"<br>1:01:56 - 🎵 DISS TRACK: "Point 7" (Opus Destroys Everyone)<br>1:03:30 - Kimi K 2.6 Deep Dive &amp; 🎵 New Diss Track<br>1:08:34 - The Everything App War &amp; SaaS-pocalypse<br>1:13:51 - Death of Per-Seat Pricing &amp; Agent Security<br>1:22:37 - Final Thoughts: The Time for Pretending Is Over<br>1:28:22 - 🎵 Full Tracks: " Point 7" &amp; "Kimi You're So Fine 2.6"</p><p>Thanks for listening, like and sub xoxo</p>