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

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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)
19:25 - Where Is Google?? TPUs Should Flatten Everyone
22:01 - Agentic Tasks Are 10-50x More Expensive Than Chat
25:07 - OpenAI Workspace Agents: Glorified Zapier?
27:01 - Single Agent vs Multi-Agent: How Do You Actually Work?
33:06 - Building Automation Is HARD (Our Support Shame)
35:33 - OpenAI Image 2: The Fraud Episode Begins
44:16 - FRAUD DEMO: The Fake Council Letter (Mum Falls For It)
49:16 - FRAUD DEMO 2: Chris Posts Fake Mayor Letter on Facebook
52:17 - Fake Receipts, Bank Statements & Can Forgeries Be Detected?
57:25 - Claude Opus 4.7: The Vibes Are Off
59:51 - Mythos Preview: "Pics or It Didn't Happen"
1:01:56 - 🎵 DISS TRACK: "Point 7" (Opus Destroys Everyone)
1:03:30 - Kimi K 2.6 Deep Dive & 🎵 New Diss Track
1:08:34 - The Everything App War & SaaS-pocalypse
1:13:51 - Death of Per-Seat Pricing & Agent Security
1:22:37 - Final Thoughts: The Time for Pretending Is Over
1:28:22 - 🎵 Full Tracks: " Point 7" & "Kimi You're So Fine 2.6"

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