I tried
reply> please add a giant red arrow to a red circle around the raccoon holding a ham radio or add a cross through the entire image if one does not exist
and got this. I'm not sure I know what a ham radio looks like though.
https://i.ritzastatic.com/static/ffef1a8e639bc85b71b692c3ba1...
Also, the racoon it circled isn't in the original.
replyI love how perfectly this captures the difficulties of using generative AI for detection tasks.
replyOh god yes, I've been trying to make a LLM Assisted Magic the Gathering card scanner... its been a hell of a time trying to get it to just OCR card names well....
replyWhy would you use an LLM for OCR?
replyIndeed. I suppose one way to ensure you can find Waldo in any image is to add it yourself.
replyThat's excellent. I added it to my post: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/21/gpt-image-2/#update-as...
replyhilarious - i tried and got the same thing.
replythere was a very large bear in the first image; when asked to circle the raccoon it just turned the bear into a giant raccoon and circled it.