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WITH 
-- Extract images from blog_entry.body (always HTML)
entry_images AS (
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  UNION ALL
  
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-- Extract images from blog_blogmark.commentary (HTML if use_markdown is false)
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    (REGEXP_MATCHES(commentary, '<img[^>]*?src="([^"]*)"[^>]*?alt="([^"]*)"', 'g'))[1] AS src,
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    (REGEXP_MATCHES(commentary, '<img[^>]*?alt="([^"]*)"[^>]*?src="([^"]*)"', 'g'))[1] AS alt_text
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-- Combine all results
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  UNION ALL
  SELECT url, src, alt_text, created FROM blogmark_md_images
  UNION ALL
  SELECT url, src, alt_text, created FROM quotation_images
  UNION ALL
  SELECT url, src, alt_text, created FROM note_images
)

-- Apply search filter and sort
SELECT created, alt_text, src, url
FROM all_images
WHERE 
  CASE 
    WHEN %(search)s = '' THEN true
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      alt_text ILIKE '%%' || %(search)s || '%%' OR 
      src ILIKE '%%' || %(search)s || '%%'
  END
ORDER BY created DESC

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created alt_text src url
2026-09-05 23:27:48+00:00 astra-video-pelican.webp https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026-09-05/astra-video-pelican.webp https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/5/introducing-gpt-6-astra-for-developers
2026-09-04 23:59:05+00:00 Comparison grid showing gpt-6-astra, gpt-5.6-sol, gpt-5.6-terra, gpt-5.6-luna at 6 different reasoning levels with pelicans and token counts and prices for each one. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/astra-grid-3.webp https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/4/astra-pelicans
2026-09-01 23:57:28+00:00 Minimalist flat illustration of a white pelican with an orange beak riding a black bicycle to the left, its orange legs pedaling, with motion lines behind it on a light blue background. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/fable-5.1-xhigh.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/1/claude-fable-5-1
2026-09-01 23:57:28+00:00 Minimalist flat illustration of a white pelican with an orange beak riding a black bicycle, its orange legs pedaling, with motion lines behind it on a light blue background. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/fable-5.1-high.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/1/claude-fable-5-1
2026-09-01 23:57:28+00:00 Minimalist flat illustration of a white pelican with an orange beak riding a black bicycle to the left, its orange legs pedaling and wings gripping the handlebars, with motion lines behind on a light blue background. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/fable-5.1-low.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/1/claude-fable-5-1
2026-09-01 23:57:28+00:00 Minimalist flat-style illustration of a white pelican with an orange beak riding a black bicycle to the right, with motion lines behind it, on a light blue background. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/fable-5.1-medium.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/1/claude-fable-5-1
2026-09-01 23:57:28+00:00 Minimalist flat illustration of a white pelican with an orange beak riding a black bicycle, its orange legs pedaling, with motion lines behind to indicate speed, on a light blue background. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/fable-5.1-max.webp https://simonwillison.net/2026/Sep/1/claude-fable-5-1
2026-08-30 23:59:47+00:00 Screenshot of a ChatGPT conversation. A user message in a black rounded bubble reads: Visit https://london-pelicans-in-her-piety.simonw.chatgpt.site/ and take a screenshot with you browser. Below it a collapsed status line reads &quot;Worked for 1m 18s &gt;&quot;, followed by the reply &quot;Here's the screenshot of the live site:&quot; and an embedded screenshot of a website. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/chatgpt-work-card.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/30/understanding-chatgpt-work
2026-08-30 23:59:47+00:00 Screenshot of a website homepage on a cream background. Top navigation bar: a circular logo reading &quot;P/P&quot; on the left, the links &quot;THE CENSUS&quot;, &quot;COLLECTIONS&quot; and &quot;METHOD&quot; in the center, and &quot;JSON ↓&quot; on the right. The left half is a hero section with small red capitals reading &quot;AN ICONOGRAPHIC CENSUS · GREATER LONDON&quot; above a large serif heading &quot;Pelicans in her piety&quot;, with &quot;piety&quot; set in red italics. Below it: &quot;Across London, an impossible bird bleeds for her young—in limewood, marble, mosaic, metal and glass. This is an evidence-backed census of where to find her.&quot; Two buttons follow: a solid black &quot;EXPLORE ALL 28&quot; and an outlined &quot;DOWNLOAD THE DATA&quot;. The right half is a photograph of an ornate dark carved wooden reredos in a church, with gilded urns and a crest on top, Corinthian columns, a gilded pelican with outspread wings at its center above inscribed panels, an altar with a brass cross and red flowers, embroidered banners on either side, and a black-and-white checkerboard floor with red carpet. Vertical text along the photo's right edge reads &quot;ST MARY ABCHURCH&quot; and a caption at its bottom reads &quot;Grinling Gibbons's reredos, St Mary Abchurch. Photograph: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0, via SPAB ↗&quot;. A statistics strip along the bottom shows &quot;28 FIXED SITES&quot;, &quot;4 COLLECTIONS&quot;, &quot;3 OPEN LEADS&quot; and &quot;2 KNOWN LOSSES&quot;. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/pelicans-in-her-piety.webp https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/30/understanding-chatgpt-work
2026-08-29 23:53:13+00:00 Flat vector cartoon illustration of a white pelican with a large orange bill riding a red bicycle to the right along a grey road with a dashed white centre line, its orange webbed feet on the pedals and grey tail feathers fanned out behind, against a pale blue sky with a yellow sun, white clouds and horizontal white motion lines suggesting speed https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026-08-29/IMG_7725.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/29/hy4
2026-08-26 23:52:58+00:00 Flat vector illustration: a white pelican with an orange beak and orange legs rides a red bicycle along a sandy path, a wicker basket on the handlebars holding a blue fish, with green rolling hills, a small tree and bushes, white clouds and a bright yellow sun in a blue sky behind it https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026-08-27/IMG_7667.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/26/qwen38-flash-next
2026-08-16 22:00:39+00:00 A very pleasing image of a pelican riding a bicycle. The bicycle is red and has the correct frame shape. The pelican looks like a pelican and has its wing extended to the handlebars. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/qwen-thinking-bicycle-27b.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/16/qwen-38-27b
2026-08-16 22:00:39+00:00 The bicycle frame is a bad shape now. The pelican remains recognizable but has a less obvious pouch. The feet miss the pedal, there is no attempt to hold the handlebars. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/qwen-3.8-27b-no-reasoning-pelican-2.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/16/qwen-38-27b
2026-08-16 22:00:39+00:00 A photograph of two pelicans on a rocky outcrop, with three other smaller birds. The pelicans both have bounding boxes exactly surrounding them, each with a label that says pelican. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/qwen-over-engineered-bbox.webp https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/16/qwen-38-27b
2026-08-16 22:00:39+00:00 BBox Studio screenshot - a solid UI but the yellow and green boxes do not cover the pelicans. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/qwen-no-reasoning-bug.webp https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/16/qwen-38-27b
2026-08-16 22:00:39+00:00 Screenshot of bbox·lab, a dark-themed web tool that overlays object-detection bounding boxes on an image, with an input panel on the left and a stage on the right showing two labeled boxes around stylized pelicans in a sunset illustration. Header: bbox·lab — normalized 0–1000 coords → pixel overlay; status indicator: RENDERED · 2 BOXES. Panel 01 INPUT (URL + detections) contains an IMAGE URL field reading data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAA+, a DETECTIONS — JSON textarea reading {&quot;bbox_2d&quot;: 195, 290, 370, 780, &quot;label&quot;: &quot;pelicans&quot;}, {&quot;bbox_2d&quot;: 445, 320, 675, 850, &quot;label&quot;: &quot;pelicans&quot;} , an orange RENDER BOXES button, and dashed boxes labeled DEMO SCENE and CLEAR. Panel 03 STAGE header: display 661 × 661 px · 1 unit = 0.661px x 0.661px · nat 1000×1000. The stage shows a flat-style illustration of two dark pelican silhouettes with orange beaks standing in calm water against an orange-to-purple sunset sky with a pale yellow sun and distant birds; an orange bounding box labeled 1 · pelicans surrounds the left pelican and a cyan bounding box labeled 2 · pelicans surrounds the right pelican. Footer: move the cursor over the image to read grid coords; boxes map 0–1000 → displayed px. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/qwen-full-ui-with-pelicans.webp https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/16/qwen-38-27b
2026-08-12 23:59:23+00:00 The pelican again, this time on a red bicycle against a pale blue background, with a bright yellow beak and pouch, a purple pennant flag on the back, a wicker front basket holding a small fish, and black musical notes floating in the top right corner. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/deepseek-pro-high.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/12/deepseek-v4-pro-0813
2026-08-12 23:59:23+00:00 Flat vector illustration of a white pelican with a large orange beak, wearing a straw hat with an orange band, riding a teal road bicycle in profile, set against a pale cream circle with a dashed outline and small motion marks trailing behind. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/deepseek-pro-low.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/12/deepseek-v4-pro-0813
2026-08-12 23:59:23+00:00 A similar cartoon pelican cycling, drawn in a looser outlined style: the bird's body is mostly white line art, its orange beak pouch hangs open under a yellow cap, a long red tongue streams backwards towards a yellow sun, and a small blue fish sits on a tray by the handlebars of a green bicycle whose wheels are drawn as broken yellow arcs. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/deepseek-pro-medium.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/12/deepseek-v4-pro-0813
2026-08-10 23:56:03+00:00 Two pelicans on some rocks https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/pelicans-on-rocks.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/10/introducing-muse-glimmer
2026-08-10 23:56:03+00:00 All the pieces are there but they are pretty jumbled together. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/glimmer-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/10/introducing-muse-glimmer
2026-08-05 23:58:35+00:00 Cartoon illustration of a white pelican with an orange beak riding a red bicycle against a pale blue sky with clouds and a green strip of grass below. The pelican wears a small yellow helmet that looks a bit like it belongs to a Roman centurion, has rosy cheeks, and its orange webbed feet rest on the yellow pedals. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/muse-spark-1.2.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/5/muse-code-and-muse-spark-12
2026-08-04 23:58:24+00:00 Running llm &quot;think about the best thing about pelicans&quot; in the macOS terminal window - grey text outputs saying Exploring pelican qualities, then after a paragraph of that a white paragraph of text comes out saying: The best thing about pelicans is their wonderfully oversized, practical design: that enormous bill and pouch look comical, but they make pelicans remarkably skilled fishers. Even better, many species cooperate—working together to herd fish before scooping them up. They’re a great mix of goofy, graceful, and surprisingly clever. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/best-pelicans.gif https://simonwillison.net/2026/Aug/4/new-release-of-llm
2026-07-31 23:59:44+00:00 Flat vector illustration of a white pelican with a long neck and large orange beak pouch, hovering above a mangled blue and orange bicycle on a dark grey road with white dashed lane markings. The bike is drawn incorrectly: the wheels are just orange arcs with no rims or spokes, the frame tubes float apart and the handlebars connect to nothing. The background is pale blue with a yellow sun in the upper left, white clouds, and grey speed lines on the left suggesting motion. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/deepseek-flash-v4-default.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/31/deepseek-v4-flash-0731
2026-07-31 23:59:44+00:00 Flat vector illustration of a white pelican riding a bicycle to the right against a pink background with a lighter pink circle behind it. The pelican grips the handlebars with its wings and one orange foot rests on the pedal, and a small blue fish is visible tucked in the corner of its large orange beak pouch. The bike has a red, blue and orange frame with dark tires, and grey speed lines trail behind to suggest motion. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/deepseek-flash-v4-high.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/31/deepseek-v4-flash-0731
2026-07-22 23:01:00+00:00 Screenshot of a grid for sample 1/3 of GLM-5.2, with pelicn and flamingo and heron riding bicycle, unicycle, skateboard, scooter, plane and boat https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/pelican-grid.webp https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/22/are-ai-labs-pelicanmaxxing
2026-07-20 17:09:19+00:00 Described by Qwen 3.8 Max: Flat vector cartoon illustration of a white pelican with a large orange beak and pouch riding a red bicycle, its orange legs on the pedals, against a light blue sky with a yellow sun top right and a white cloud top left, with horizontal motion lines behind the bike and a pale green ground strip at the bottom. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/qwen-3.8-max-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/20/afraid-of-chinese-models
2026-07-16 20:19:30+00:00 See description below https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/kimi-3-pelican.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/16/kimi-k3
2026-07-16 15:35:25+00:00 See image description below https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/inkling-pelican.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/16/inkling
2026-07-14 22:29:45+00:00 A cute pelican on a bicycle waving its wing https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/waving.gif https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/14/pedalican
2026-07-09 19:46:38+00:00 A grid of nine pelicans riding bicycles, of varying quality https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-5.6-pelicans.webp https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/9/gpt-5-6
2026-07-09 19:46:38+00:00 Frame from a livestream showing a 3D model of a pelican riding another pelican https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/pelican-riding-a-pelican.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/9/gpt-5-6
2026-07-09 19:05:50+00:00 Frame from a livestream showing a 3D model of a pelican riding another pelican https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/pelican-riding-a-pelican.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/9/gpt-5-6-1
2026-07-09 19:05:50+00:00 A grid of nine pelicans riding bicycles, of varying quality https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-5.6-pelicans.webp https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/9/gpt-5-6-1
2026-07-09 16:24:09+00:00 The bicycle is the correct shape. The pelican is a little blocky but still recognizable as a pelican. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/muse-spark-1.1.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/9/muse-spark-1-1
2026-07-06 23:57:35+00:00 Flat-style cartoon illustration of a white pelican with a large orange beak riding a red bicycle across a pale blue background, its long orange legs stretched down to the pedals, with gray horizontal motion lines behind it suggesting speed. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/hy3-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jul/6/hy3
2026-06-30 21:23:02+00:00 Illustration of a white goose riding a bicycle, with one wing extended forward to grip the handlebar, set against a plain white background with a brown ground line. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/sonnet-5-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/30/claude-sonnet-5
2026-06-29 16:17:59+00:00 Cartoon illustration of a white pelican (albeit slightly mangled) with a large orange beak riding a red bicycle across green hills. The scene has a blue sky with a yellow sun and three white clouds, and small grass tufts dot the foreground. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2024/ornith-1-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/29/ornith
2026-06-17 23:58:39+00:00 It's a really good bicycle - all the right bits, spokes on the wheels, wheels and pedals rotating - and a very good pelican, red scarf, good beak, bobbing up and down. The feet don't stay on the pedals though. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/glm-5.2-pelican.svg https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/17/glm-52
2026-06-10 20:00:54+00:00 Flat minimalist illustration of a white pelican with a large orange beak riding a red bicycle with black wheels, against a pale blue background with a green line representing the ground https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/diffusiongemma-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/10/diffusiongemma
2026-05-28 23:59:50+00:00 Cartoon illustration of a white pelican with an orange beak riding a black bicycle, its orange legs extending down to the pedals, against a blue sky with a yellow sun and green ground. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/claude-opus-4.8-xhigh.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/28/claude-opus-4-8
2026-05-28 23:59:50+00:00 Cartoon illustration of a white pelican with an orange beak riding a red bicycle on green grass, against a light blue sky with a fluffy white cloud and a yellow sun. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/claude-opus-4.8-max.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/28/claude-opus-4-8
2026-05-19 22:40:25+00:00 Black background, bats in the sky against a stylized moon. Pelican is funky looking. Very good beak. Bicycle frame is a bit twisted, and the bar from pedals to back wheel is missing. Bike lamp illuminates the road in front. Quite stylish. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gemini-3.5-flash.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/19/gemini-35-flash
2026-05-19 01:09:44+00:00 Gemini 3 Pro pelican contrasted with Gemini 3.1 Pro, as animated SVGs https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/5-minutes-llms/5-minutes-llms.017.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/19/5-minute-llms
2026-05-19 01:09:44+00:00 Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/5-minutes-llms/5-minutes-llms.004.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/19/5-minute-llms
2026-05-19 01:09:44+00:00 Five pelicans, one for each of the following models. Varying qualities! https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/5-minutes-llms/5-minutes-llms.005.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/19/5-minute-llms
2026-05-19 01:09:44+00:00 Gemini 3.1 Pro A really good illustration of a pelican riding a bicycle. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/5-minutes-llms/5-minutes-llms.016.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/19/5-minute-llms
2026-05-19 01:09:44+00:00 Gemma 4 26B-A4B (17.99GB) A pretty decent pelican riding a bicycle, though the bike is a bit mis-shapen. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/5-minutes-llms/5-minutes-llms.019.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/19/5-minute-llms
2026-05-19 01:09:44+00:00 The bike is wonky, the pelican is floating. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/5-minutes-llms/5-minutes-llms.022.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/19/5-minute-llms
2026-05-19 01:09:44+00:00 Qwen3.6-35B-A3B is a 20.9GB file that runs on my laptop It drew a better pelican on a bicycle than Opus 4.7, which messed up the bicycle frame. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/5-minutes-llms/5-minutes-llms.025.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/19/5-minute-llms
2026-05-19 01:09:44+00:00 Claude Sonnet 4.5 pelican for comparison. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/5-minutes-llms/5-minutes-llms.026.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/19/5-minute-llms
2026-05-04 23:49:24+00:00 Six different SVG images from models ranging in size from 1.67GB to 1.2GB. They are almost all an abstract collection of shapes - weirdly the smallest model had the best version of a bicycle, while the largest one had something that looked a tiny bit like a pelican. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/granite-3B-pelicans.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/4/granite-41-3b-svg-pelican-gallery
2026-04-25 16:44:01+00:00 AI generated image. A pelican is riding a bicycle along a dirt track, chased by a police car. The pelican looks panicked, likely because there is an astronaut (with prehensile toes for some reason) riding the pelican clinging on to where its ears should be. The astronaut is being ridden by a horse, with an equally wild expression. A slice of pizza and a can and a cowboy hat are falling next to them. A road sign in the background reads WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/why-are-you-like-this.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/25/why-are-you-like-this
2026-04-24 06:01:04+00:00 Another solid bicycle, albeit the spokes are a little jagged and the frame is compressed a bit. Pelican has gone a bit wrong - it has a VERY large body, only one wing, a weirdly hairy backside and generally loos like it was drown be a different artist from the bicycle. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/deepseek-v4-pro.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/24/deepseek-v4
2026-04-24 06:01:04+00:00 Excellent bicycle - good frame shape, nice chain, even has a reflector on the front wheel. Pelican has a mean looking expression but has its wings on the handlebars and feet on the pedals. Pouch is a little sharp. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/deepseek-v4-flash.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/24/deepseek-v4
2026-04-23 19:59:47+00:00 Pelican has gradients now, body is much better put together, bicycle is nearly the right shape albeit with one extra bar between pedals and front wheel, clearly a better image overall. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-5.5-pelican-xhigh.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/23/gpt-5-5
2026-04-23 19:59:47+00:00 It is a bit mangled to be honest - good beak, pelican body shapes are slightly weird, legs do at least extend to the pedals, bicycle frame is not quite right. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-5.5-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/23/gpt-5-5
2026-04-22 16:45:23+00:00 Bicycle has spokes, a chain and a correctly shaped frame. Handlebars are a bit detached. Pelican has wing on the handlebars, weirdly bent legs that touch the pedals and a good bill. Background details are pleasant - semi-transparent clouds, birds, grass, sun. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/Qwen3.6-27B-GGUF-Q4_K_M.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/22/qwen36-27b
2026-04-21 15:54:43+00:00 The heading says "Pelican Riding a Bicycle #1 - the image is a bear on a snowboard https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/pelican-poison-bear.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/21/scosman
2026-04-16 17:16:52+00:00 The unicycle spokes are a too long. The pelican has sunglasses, a bowtie and appears to be smoking a cigarette. It has two heart emoji surrounding the caption Flamingo on a Unicycle. It has a lot of charisma. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/qwen-flamingo.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/16/qwen-beats-opus
2026-04-16 17:16:52+00:00 The bicycle frame is entirely the wrong shape but in a different way. Lines are more bold. Pelican looks a bit more like a pelican. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/opus-4.7-pelican-max.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/16/qwen-beats-opus
2026-04-16 17:16:52+00:00 The bicycle frame is the correct shape. There are clouds in the sky. The pelican has a dorky looking pouch. A caption on the ground reads Pelican on a Bicycle! https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-UD-Q4_K_S-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/16/qwen-beats-opus
2026-04-16 17:16:52+00:00 The bicycle frame is entirely the wrong shape. No clouds, a yellow sun. The pelican is looking behind itself, and has a less pronounced pouch than I would like. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/opus-4.7-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/16/qwen-beats-opus
2026-04-08 23:07:44+00:00 This is a pretty basic pelican. The bicycle is mangled, the pelican itself has a rectangular beak albeit with a hint of pouch curve below it. Not a very good one. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/muse-spark-instant-pelican.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/8/muse-spark
2026-04-08 23:07:44+00:00 Screenshot of a Meta AI conversation where the user uploaded a photo of pelicans on rocks and asked &quot;Count the pelicans&quot;. response reads: &quot;That rocky haul-out is packed — I count 25 brown pelicans in your photo. I went bird by bird, including the ones tucked behind rocks, heads turned away, or just peeking out at the edges. They're all California brown pelicans, with those pale yellow heads and long bills, clustered on the riprap right at the waterline. To make it easy to verify, I've numbered each one on the image:&quot; followed by an annotated version of the photo with red numbered circles (1–25) placed on each pelican. The annotated image has a downward chevron and an &quot;Open&quot; button at the bottom right. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/meta-count-pelicans.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/8/muse-spark
2026-04-08 23:07:44+00:00 Much better. Clearly a pelican. Bicycle is the correct shape. Pelican is wearing a blue cycling helmet (albeit badly rendered). Not a bad job at all. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/muse-spark-thinking-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/8/muse-spark
2026-04-07 21:25:14+00:00 The bicycle is red and has a frame the correct shape and wheels with spokes. The pelican is a perky little fella. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/glm-5.1-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/7/glm-51
2026-04-07 21:25:14+00:00 Now everything is right - the bicycle rotates correctly, the pelican sits on it and bobs up and down, and its lower beak moves slightly as well. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/glm-5.1-pelican-fixed-medium-lossy.gif https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/7/glm-51
2026-04-07 21:25:14+00:00 Animation - the wheels and pedals rotate, the clouds move... and the pelican has vanished, but there is a little blob bobbing up and down in the top left corner. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/glm-5.1-broken-light-lossy.gif https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/7/glm-51
2026-04-02 18:28:54+00:00 Bicycle has the right pieces although the frame is wonky. Pelican is genuinely good, has a big triangle beak and a nice curved neck and is clearly a bird that is sitting on the bicycle https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gemma-4-26b-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/2/gemma-4
2026-04-02 18:28:54+00:00 Motion blur lines, a mostly great bicycle albeit missing the front part of the frame. Pelican is decent. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gemma-4-31b-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/2/gemma-4
2026-04-02 18:28:54+00:00 Two black wheels joined by a sort of grey surfboard, the pelican is semicircles and a blue blob floating above it https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gemma-4-4b-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/2/gemma-4
2026-04-02 18:28:54+00:00 Two blue circles on a brown rectangle and a weird mess of orange blob and yellow triangle for the pelican https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gemma-4-2b-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/2/gemma-4
2026-03-17 19:39:17+00:00 Described by Claude Opus 4.6: A 5x3 comparison grid of AI-generated cartoon illustrations of a pelican riding a bicycle. Columns are labeled &quot;gpt-5.4-nano&quot;, &quot;gpt-5.4-mini&quot;, and &quot;gpt-5.4&quot; across the top, and rows are labeled &quot;none&quot;, &quot;low&quot;, &quot;medium&quot;, &quot;high&quot;, and &quot;xhigh&quot; down the left side, representing quality/detail settings. In the &quot;none&quot; row, gpt-5.4-nano shows a chaotic white bird with misplaced arrows and tangled wheels on grass, gpt-5.4-mini shows a duck-like brown bird awkwardly straddling a motorcycle-like bike, and gpt-5.4 shows a stiff gray-and-white pelican sitting atop a blue tandem bicycle with extra legs. In the &quot;low&quot; row, nano shows a chubby round white bird pedaling with small feet on grass, mini shows a cleaner white bird riding a blue bicycle with motion lines, and gpt-5.4 shows a pelican with a blue cap riding confidently but with slightly awkward proportions. In the &quot;medium&quot; row, nano regresses to a strange bird standing over bowling balls on ice, mini shows two plump white birds merged onto one yellow-wheeled bicycle, and gpt-5.4 shows a more recognizable gray-and-white pelican on a red bicycle but with tangled extra legs. In the &quot;high&quot; row, nano shows multiple small pelicans crowded around a broken green bicycle on grass with a sun overhead, mini shows a tandem bicycle with two white pelicans and clear blue sky, and gpt-5.4 shows two pelicans stacked on a red tandem bike with the most realistic proportions yet. In the &quot;xhigh&quot; row, nano shows the most detailed scene with a pelican on a detailed bicycle with grass and a large sun but still somewhat jumbled anatomy, mini produces the cleanest single pelican on a yellow-accented bicycle with a light blue sky, and gpt-5.4 shows a well-rendered gray pelican on a teal bicycle with the best overall coherence. Generally, quality improves moving right across models and down through quality tiers, though &quot;medium&quot; is inconsistently worse than &quot;low&quot; for some models, and all images maintain a lighthearted cartoon style with pastel skies and simple backgrounds. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-5.4-pelican-family.svg https://simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/17/mini-and-nano
2026-03-16 23:41:17+00:00 The bicycle is upside down and mangled and the pelican is a series of grey curves with a triangular beak. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/mistral-small-4.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/16/mistral-small-4
2026-03-05 23:56:09+00:00 Described by GPT-5.4: Illustration of a cartoon pelican riding a blue bicycle on pale green grass against a light gray background, with a large orange beak, gray-and-white body, and orange legs posed on the pedals. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-5.4-pro-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/5/introducing-gpt54
2026-03-05 23:56:09+00:00 alt text by GPT-5.4: Illustration of a cartoon pelican riding a bicycle, with a light gray background, dark blue bike frame and wheels, orange beak and legs, and motion lines suggesting movement. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-5.4-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/5/introducing-gpt54
2026-02-19 17:58:37+00:00 Flat-style illustration of a brown pelican riding a teal bicycle with dark blue-rimmed wheels against a plain white background. Unlike the previous image's white cartoon pelican, this pelican has realistic brown plumage with detailed feather patterns, a dark maroon head, yellow eye, and a large pink-tinged pouch bill. The bicycle is a simpler design without a basket, and the scene lacks the colorful background elements like the sun, clouds, road, hills, cap, and scarf from the first illustration, giving it a more minimalist feel. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gemini-3.1-pro-pelican-2.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/19/gemini-31-pro
2026-02-19 17:58:37+00:00 Whimsical flat-style illustration of a pelican wearing a blue and white baseball cap, riding a red bicycle with yellow-rimmed wheels along a road. The pelican has a large orange bill and a green scarf. A small fish peeks out of a brown basket on the handlebars. The background features a light blue sky with a yellow sun, white clouds, and green hills. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gemini-3.1-pro-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/19/gemini-31-pro
2026-02-17 23:58:58+00:00 Slightly wonky bicycle frame but an excellent pelican, very clear beak and pouch, nice feathers. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/opus-4.6-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/17/claude-sonnet-46
2026-02-17 23:58:58+00:00 The pelican is cute and looks pretty good. The bicycle is not great - the frame is wrong and the pelican is facing backwards when the handlebars appear to be forwards.There is also something that looks a bit like an egg on the handlebars. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/claude-opus-4.5-pelican.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/17/claude-sonnet-46
2026-02-17 23:58:58+00:00 The pelican has a jaunty top hat with a red band. There is a string between the upper and lower beaks for some reason. The bicycle frame is warped in the wrong way. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/pelican-sonnet-4.6.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/17/claude-sonnet-46
2026-02-17 04:30:57+00:00 Similar quality pelican. The bicycle is taller and has a better frame shape. They are visually quite similar. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/qwen3.5-plus-02-15.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/17/qwen35
2026-02-17 04:30:57+00:00 Pelican is quite good although the neck lacks an outline for some reason. Bicycle is very basic with an incomplete frame https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/qwen3.5-397b-a17b.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/17/qwen35
2026-02-12 21:16:07+00:00 Whimsical flat illustration of a white pelican riding a dark blue bicycle at speed, with motion lines behind it, its long orange beak streaming back in the wind, set against a light blue sky and green grass background. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-5.3-codex-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/12/codex-spark
2026-02-12 21:16:07+00:00 Whimsical flat illustration of an orange duck merged with a bicycle, where the duck's body forms the seat and frame area while its head extends forward over the handlebars, set against a simple light blue sky and green grass background. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gpt-5.3-codex-spark-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/12/codex-spark
2026-02-12 18:12:17+00:00 Also described by Gemini 3 Deep Think: A highly detailed, vibrant, and stylized vector illustration of a whimsical bird resembling a mix between a pelican and a frigatebird enthusiastically riding a bright cyan bicycle from left to right across a flat tan and brown surface. The bird leans horizontally over the frame in an aerodynamic racing posture, with thin, dark brown wing-like arms reaching forward to grip the silver handlebars and a single thick brown leg, patterned with white V-shapes, stretching down to press on a black pedal. The bird's most prominent and striking feature is an enormous, vividly bright red, inflated throat pouch hanging beneath a long, straight grey upper beak that ends in a small orange hook. Its head is mostly white with a small pink patch surrounding the eye, a dark brown stripe running down the back of its neck, and a distinctive curly pale yellow crest on the very top. The bird's round, dark brown body shares the same repeating white V-shaped feather pattern as its leg and is accented by a folded wing resting on its side, made up of cleanly layered light blue and grey feathers. A tail composed of four stiff, straight dark brown feathers extends directly backward. Thin white horizontal speed lines trail behind the back wheel and the bird's tail, emphasizing swift forward motion. The bicycle features a classic diamond frame, large wheels with thin black tires, grey rims, and detailed silver spokes, along with a clearly visible front chainring, silver chain, and rear cog. The whimsical scene is set against a clear light blue sky featuring two small, fluffy white clouds on the left and a large, pale yellow sun in the upper right corner that radiates soft, concentric, semi-transparent pastel green and yellow halos. A solid, darker brown shadow is cast directly beneath the bicycle's wheels on the minimalist two-toned brown ground. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gemini-3-deep-think-complex-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/12/gemini-3-deep-think
2026-02-12 18:12:17+00:00 This alt text also generated by Gemini 3 Deep Think: A highly detailed, colorful, flat vector illustration with thick dark blue outlines depicting a stylized white pelican riding a bright cyan blue bicycle from left to right across a sandy beige beach with white speed lines indicating forward motion. The pelican features a light blue eye, a pink cheek blush, a massive bill with a vertical gradient from yellow to orange, a backward magenta cap with a cyan brim and a small yellow top button, and a matching magenta scarf blowing backward in the wind. Its white wing, accented with a grey mid-section and dark blue feather tips, reaches forward to grip the handlebars, while its long tan leg and orange foot press down on an orange pedal. Attached to the front handlebars is a white wire basket carrying a bright blue cartoon fish that is pointing upwards and forwards. The bicycle itself has a cyan frame, dark blue tires, striking neon pink inner rims, cyan spokes, a white front chainring, and a dark blue chain. Behind the pelican, a grey trapezoidal pier extends from the sand toward a horizontal band of deep blue ocean water detailed with light cyan wavy lines. A massive, solid yellow-orange semi-circle sun sits on the horizon line, setting directly behind the bicycle frame. The background sky is a smooth vertical gradient transitioning from soft pink at the top to warm golden-yellow at the horizon, decorated with stylized pale peach fluffy clouds, thin white horizontal wind streaks, twinkling four-pointed white stars, and small brown v-shaped silhouettes of distant flying birds. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/gemini-3-deep-think-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/12/gemini-3-deep-think
2026-02-11 18:56:14+00:00 The pelican is good and has a well defined beak. The bicycle frame is a wonky red triangle. Nice sun and motion lines. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/glm-5-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/11/glm-5
2026-02-05 20:29:20+00:00 Not nearly as good - the bicycle is a bit mangled, the pelican not nearly as well rendered - it's more of a line drawing. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/codex-5.3-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/two-new-models
2026-02-05 20:29:20+00:00 Slightly wonky bicycle frame but an excellent pelican, very clear beak and pouch, nice feathers. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/opus-4.6-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/two-new-models
2026-02-04 22:42:34+00:00 Screenshot of a speech-to-text transcription interface for a file named "Pelican talk at the library.m4a". The toolbar shows "Speech to text" with Code, Transcribe, and Download buttons. The transcript shows timestamped segments from 5:53 to 6:53 with a speaker icon, reading: "5:53 – 6:01 So pelicans love to, they're very good at getting the most they can out of the topography when they're flying. 6:01 – 6:06 And our winds come in from the northwest and they hit those bluffs and they're deflected up. 6:07 – 6:18 And they will sit right, they'll fly north into a wind like five feet off those bluffs, but just five or ten feet off the surface because the winds dissipate. 6:19 – 6:22 And they will surf that bluff all the way north. 6:23 – 6:30 So you'll see a wind from the north at 15 miles an hour, and the pelicans are flying north into that wind and not flapping their wings. 6:31 – 6:33 And it's one of the coolest things. 6:33 – 6:35 You can only find it on San Francisco Coast. 6:36 – 6:39 Where right where the bluffs are steep. 6:41 – 6:43 Pacifica, you can find them there. 6:43 – 6:51 They like their, what we call pier bums, which are typically pelicans that have, are in some sort of trouble. 6:51 – 6:53 They're unable to catch food." The segment at 6:41–6:43 is highlighted in yellow. An audio waveform is shown at the bottom with a playhead near 6:40. Stats in the lower right show 53.90s, 7946.00s, and #45833. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/mistral-transcript-ui.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/4/voxtral-2
2026-01-27 15:07:41+00:00 Cartoon illustration of a white pelican with a large orange beak and yellow throat pouch riding a green bicycle with yellow feet on the pedals, set against a light blue sky with soft bokeh circles and a green grassy hill. The bicycle frame is a little questionable. The pelican is quite good. The feet do not quite align with the pedals, which are floating clear of the frame. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2026/kimi-k2.5-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/27/kimi-k25
2025-12-31 23:50:40+00:00 The bicycle is really good, spokes on wheels, correct shape frame, nice pedals. The pelican has a pelican beak and long legs stretching to the pedals. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gpt-5-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/31/the-year-in-llms
2025-12-19 05:21:17+00:00 Alt text by GPT-5.2-Codex: A minimalist illustration of a white pelican with a large orange beak riding a teal bicycle across a sandy strip of ground. The pelican leans forward as if pedaling, its wings tucked back and legs reaching toward the pedals. Simple gray motion lines trail behind it, and a pale yellow sun sits in the top‑right against a warm beige sky. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/5.2-codex-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/19/introducing-gpt-52-codex
2025-12-17 22:44:52+00:00 A minimalist vector illustration of a stylized white bird with a long orange beak and a red cap riding a dark blue bicycle on a single grey ground line against a plain white background. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gemini-3-flash-preview-thinking-level-minimal-pelican-svg.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/17/gemini-3-flash
2025-12-17 22:44:52+00:00 Minimalist illustration: A stylized white bird with a large, wedge-shaped orange beak and a single black dot for an eye rides a red bicycle with black wheels and a yellow pedal against a solid light blue background. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gemini-3-flash-preview-thinking-level-low-pelican-svg.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/17/gemini-3-flash
2025-12-17 22:44:52+00:00 A minimalist illustration of a stylized white bird with a large yellow beak riding a red road bicycle in a racing position on a light blue background. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gemini-3-flash-preview-thinking-level-medium-pelican-svg.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/17/gemini-3-flash
2025-12-17 22:44:52+00:00 Minimalist line-art illustration of a stylized white bird with a large orange beak riding a simple black bicycle with one orange pedal, centered against a light blue circular background. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gemini-3-flash-preview-thinking-level-high-pelican-svg.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/17/gemini-3-flash
2025-12-11 23:58:04+00:00 Described by GPT-5.2: Cartoon-style illustration: A white, duck-like bird with a small black eye, oversized orange beak (with a pale blue highlight along the lower edge), and a pink neckerchief rides a blue-framed bicycle in side view; the bike has two large black wheels with gray spokes, a blue front fork, visible black crank/pedal area, and thin black handlebar lines, with gray motion streaks and a soft gray shadow under the bike on a light-gray road; background is a pale blue sky with a simple yellow sun at upper left and two rounded white clouds (one near upper center-left and one near upper right). https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gpt-2.5-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/11/gpt-52
2025-12-11 23:58:04+00:00 Digital illustration on a light gray/white background with a thin horizontal baseline: a stylized California brown pelican in breeding plumage is drawn side-on, leaning forward and pedaling a bicycle; the pelican has a dark brown body with layered wing lines, a pale cream head with a darker brown cap and neck shading, a small black eye, and an oversized long golden-yellow bill extending far past the front wheel; one brown leg reaches down to a pedal while the other is tucked back; the bike is shown in profile with two large spoked wheels (black tires, white rims), a dark frame, crank and chainring near the rear wheel, a black saddle above the rear, and the front fork aligned under the pelican’s head; text at the top reads &quot;California brown pelican (breeding plumage) pedaling a bicycle&quot;. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gpt-5.2-p2.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/11/gpt-52
2025-12-09 23:58:27+00:00 A small white pelican on what looks more like a child's cart. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/devstral-small-2.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/9/devstral-2
2025-12-02 17:30:57+00:00 Nice cloud. Pelican isn't great, the beak is missing the pouch. It's floating above the bicycle which has two wheels and an incorrect frame. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/mistral-large-3.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/2/introducing-mistral-3
2025-12-01 23:56:19+00:00 It's not great. The bicycle is distorted, the pelican is a white oval, an orange almost-oval beak, a little black eye and setched out straight line limbs leading to the pedal and handlebars. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/deepseek-v32-speciale.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/1/deepseek-v32
2025-12-01 23:56:19+00:00 Pleasing gradents for the sky and ground and sun. Neat three-circle clouds. A Pelican on a Bicycle title printed on the image. The pelican is cute but stlightly detached from the bicycle. The bicycle has a somewhat mangled brown frame. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/deepseek-v32.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/1/deepseek-v32
2025-11-24 19:37:07+00:00 The pelican has feathers and a red pouch - a close enough version of breeding plumage. The bicycle is a much better shape. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/claude-opus-4.5-pelican-advanced.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/24/claude-opus
2025-11-24 19:37:07+00:00 The pelican is cute and looks pretty good. The bicycle is not great - the frame is wrong and the pelican is facing backwards when the handlebars appear to be forwards.There is also something that looks a bit like an egg on the handlebars. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/claude-opus-4.5-pelican.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/24/claude-opus
2025-11-22 23:59:46+00:00 The bicycle is two black circles joined by two lines, with a weird rectangular saddle perched on top The pelican is a blue oval, a white circles with a yellow triangle in it and a weird eye shaped oval overlapping the blue one. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/qwen3-32b-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/22/olmo-3
2025-11-22 23:59:46+00:00 Blue and black wiggly lines looking more like a circuit diagram than a pelican riding a bicycle https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/olmo2-pelican.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/22/olmo-3
2025-11-22 23:59:46+00:00 Two circles, each with a triangle sticking out from the bottom. They have bars leading up to a brown box. Overlapping them is a black triangle with white circles for eyes and two grey triangles that are probably meant to be wings. It is not recognizable as a pelican or a bicycle. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/olmo3-32b-pelican.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/22/olmo-3
2025-11-19 22:00:34+00:00 Screenshot of the interface. An item in a list says 9080: Trying out Gemini 3 Pro with audio transcription and a new pelican benchmark. A huge button reads Copy rich text newsletter to clipboard - below is a smaller button that says Copy just the links/quotes/TILs. A Last X days slider is set to 2. There are checkboxes for SKip content sent in prior newsletters and only include post content prior to the cutoff comment. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/copy-to-newsletter.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/19/how-i-automate-my-substack-newsletter
2025-11-18 19:00:48+00:00 The pelican is very round. Its body overlaps much of the bicycle. It has a lot of dorky charisma. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gpt-5-1-breeding-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/18/gemini-3
2025-11-18 19:00:48+00:00 Oh dear. It has all of the requested components, but the bicycle is a bit wrong and the pelican is arranged in a very awkward shape. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/claude-sonnet-4-5-breeding-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/18/gemini-3
2025-11-18 19:00:48+00:00 The pelican is not wearing a hat. It has a good beak. The bicycle is accurate and well-drawn. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gemini-3-pelican-high.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/18/gemini-3
2025-11-18 19:00:48+00:00 A glorious California brown pelican perched on a rock by the water. It has a yellow tint to its head and a red spot near its throat. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/breeding-plumage.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/18/gemini-3
2025-11-18 19:00:48+00:00 It's clearly a pelican. It has all of the requested features. It looks a bit abstract though. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gemini-3-breeding-pelican-high.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/18/gemini-3
2025-11-18 19:00:48+00:00 The pelican is wearing a blue hat. It has a good beak. The bicycle is a little bit incorrect but generally a good effort. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gemini-3-pelican-low.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/18/gemini-3
2025-11-13 23:59:35+00:00 This bicycle has four spokes per wheel, and the pelican is sitting more upright https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gpt-5.1-high-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/13/gpt-51
2025-11-13 23:59:35+00:00 The bicycle wheels have no spokes at all, the pelican is laying quite flat on it https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gpt-5.1-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/13/gpt-51
2025-11-13 16:03:38+00:00 The bicycle is really good, spokes on wheels, correct shape frame, nice pedals. The pelican has a pelican beak and long legs stretching to the pedals. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gpt-5-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/13/training-for-pelicans-riding-bicycles
2025-11-11 23:23:18+00:00 Left is a simple incorrectly shaped bicycle and a not great pelican. On the right the bicycle has more spokes, the background has more details, pedals are now visible, there's a water bottle and the pelican has a basket with some fish. It also has a slightly more clear lower beak and a red line on its head that looks a bit more like a chicken. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/pelican-agent-opus.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/11/agentic-pelican-on-a-bicycle
2025-11-09 16:51:42+00:00 3D scene. The bicycle has a sort of square frame in the wrong place, but good wheels. The pelican is stood on top - a large white blob, a smaller white blob head, a cylinder neck and a conical beak in the right place, plus legs that reach out-of-place pedals. A egg floats mysteriously in front of the bird. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/pov-pelican-opus.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/9/pelican-on-a-bike-raytracer-edition
2025-11-09 16:51:42+00:00 The bike is a bit mis-shapen but has most of the right pieces. The pelican has legs that reach the pedals and is bending forward with a two-segmented neck and a good beak. A weird egg floats in the front wheel. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/pov-pelican-gpt-5.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/9/pelican-on-a-bike-raytracer-edition
2025-11-09 16:51:42+00:00 Two wheels (tire only) sit overlapping half embedded in the ground. The frame is a half-buried red triangle and some other lines. There is a white pall with a tiny yellow beak and two detached cylindrical arms. It's rubbish. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/povray-pelican-gpt-5-codex-mini.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/9/pelican-on-a-bike-raytracer-edition
2025-11-09 03:31:34+00:00 It's a dumpy little pelican with a weird face, not particularly great https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/codex-hacking-default.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/9/gpt-5-codex-mini
2025-11-09 03:31:34+00:00 Much better bicycle, pelican is a bit line-drawing-ish but does have the necessary parts in the right places https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/codex-hacking-gpt-5.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/9/gpt-5-codex-mini
2025-11-09 03:31:34+00:00 This is terrible. The pelican is an abstract collection of shapes, the bicycle is likewise very messed up https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/codex-hacking-mini.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/9/gpt-5-codex-mini
2025-10-29 23:59:20+00:00 Bicycle has a red upside down Y shaped frame, pelican is a bit dumpy, it does at least have a long sharp beak. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/swe-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/29/swe-15
2025-10-29 22:49:47+00:00 Biycle is good though obscured by the pelican. Pelican has an impressive triple beak and is stretched along the bicycle frame. Not clear if it can pedal or what it is sitting on. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/m2-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/29/minimax-m2
2025-10-29 20:45:53+00:00 The bicycle is levitating against a blue sky. The pelican looks a little bit more like a baby chicken but does at least have a long beak. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/cursor-1-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/29/cursor-composer
2025-10-25 03:08:31+00:00 Diagram showing a pelican riding a bicycle illustration alongside its SVG source code. The left side displays two versions: a completed color illustration at top with a white pelican with yellow beak on a red bicycle with blue wheels (labeled "Bike" and "Wheels"), and a line drawing sketch below with labels "Fur/Wool", "Eyes", "Mouth", "Tail", and "Bird". The right side shows the corresponding SVG XML code with viewBox, rect, ellipse, circle, and path elements defining the illustration's geometry and styling. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/anthropic-pelican-bicycle.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/25/visual-features-across-modalities
2025-10-15 19:36:34+00:00 Described by Haiku 4.5: A whimsical illustration of a bird with a round tan body, pink beak, and orange legs riding a bicycle against a blue sky and green grass background. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/claude-haiku-4.5-pelican.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/15/claude-haiku-45
2025-10-06 22:54:32+00:00 A nice illustration of a pelican riding a bicycle, both pelican and bicycle are exactly as you would hope. Looks sketched, maybe colored pencils? The pelican's two legs are on the pedals but it also has a weird sort of paw on an arm on the handlebars. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gpt-image-1-mini-pelican.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/6/gpt-image-1-mini
2025-10-06 19:48:45+00:00 It's obviously a pelican riding a bicycle. Half the spokes are missing on each wheel and the pelican is a bit squat looking. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gpt-5-pro.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/6/gpt-5-pro
2025-09-29 18:11:39+00:00 A whole mess of pelicans, described below. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2024/pelicans.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/29/claude-sonnet-4-5
2025-09-23 23:59:20+00:00 See description below https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gpt-5-codex-api-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/23/gpt-5-codex
2025-09-20 23:59:33+00:00 Described by Grok 4 Fast: A simple line drawing of a white pelican with a yellow beak holding a yellow object, riding a black bicycle on green grass under a blue sky with white clouds. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/grok-4-fast-reasoning.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/20/grok-4-fast
2025-09-15 18:55:35+00:00 it's a bit messy - the pelican is quite good and the bicycle is quite good but the pelican is stood overlapping the bicycle not riding it. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gpt-5-codex-pelican.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/15/gpt-5-codex
2025-09-12 04:07:32+00:00 The bicycle is too simple and way too wide. The pelican is two circles, two orange triangular feed and a big triangle for the beak. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-thinking.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/12/qwen3-next
2025-09-12 04:07:32+00:00 Blue background, brown ground, bicycle looks more like a wheelchair, pelican is actually quite good though - has thin grey wings and a perky yellow long triangular beak. Above the pelican is the caption Who needs legs?! with an emoji sequence of penguin then flamingo. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/qwen3-next-80b-a3b-instruct.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/12/qwen3-next
2025-09-06 16:59:25+00:00 This one is pretty good. Bicycle is mostly the right shape, the pelican is perched quite awkwardly on the saddle, it has quite a good attempt at the chain mechanism. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/kimi-0905.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/6/kimi-k2-instruct-0905
2025-09-04 22:27:41+00:00 Screenshot of The Semantic Galaxy web application interface showing a semantic search tool with a left sidebar containing "Your Dataset" with sample text "The sun peeked through the clouds after a drizzly" and a blue "Generate Galaxy" button, below which is text "Galaxy generated with 106 points. Ready to explore!" followed by "Search Results" listing various text snippets with similarity scores to the search term "pelican riding a bicycle" such as "The cyclist pedaled up the steep hill... 0.491", "It was so hot that even the birds sou... 0.446", etc. The main area shows a dark starfield visualization with white dots representing semantic clusters and text snippets floating as labels near the clusters. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/semantic-galaxy-transformers.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/4/embedding-gemma
2025-08-22 22:07:25+00:00 Cartoon illustration of a white bird with an orange beak riding a bicycle against a blue sky background with bright green grass below https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/deepseek-3-1-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/22/deepseek-31
2025-08-20 15:35:05+00:00 Frame from the video. A beautiful large white pelican has its beak around the top part of the bicycle frame. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/pelican-bike-video-frame.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/20/a-pelican-tried-to-eat-my-bike
2025-08-19 23:39:19+00:00 Again, photo-realistic pelicans with rainbow plumage. Very similar to the original photo but with more rainbow feathers. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/pelicans-plumage-50.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/19/qwen-image-edit
2025-08-19 23:39:19+00:00 Pelicans on a rock https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/pelicans-plumage-original.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/19/qwen-image-edit
2025-08-19 23:39:19+00:00 Pelicans on a rock now with rainbow feathers - but they look less realistic https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/pelicans-plumage-edited.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/19/qwen-image-edit
2025-08-19 23:39:19+00:00 The pelicans are now almost identical in realism to the original photo but still have rainbow plumage. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/pelicans-plumage-edited-full.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/19/qwen-image-edit
2025-08-19 19:01:13+00:00 Screenshot of a chat interface with filename "llama.cpp" showing a conversation about creating an SVG of a pelican on a bicycle. The conversation includes detailed coordinates for drawing the pelican (body ellipse center at 250,140 with rx=35, ry=50, head circle at 260,110 with r=20, beak triangle points, wings, and tail specifications), implementation notes about layering bicycle elements then pelican, and ends with a code block showing the beginning of SVG code with XML declaration, svg tag with viewBox="0 0 500 300", style definitions for .bg, .wheel, .frame, .crossbar, .seat, .handlebar, .pedal, .pelican-body, and .pelican-head classes with various fill and stroke properties. Below the code is explanatory text: "Below is a compact, self-contained SVG that shows a stylised pelican perched on a bicycle. Copy the code into an .svg file or paste it directly into an HTML page to view it." At the bottom is a message input field with "Type a message (Shift+Enter to add a new line)" placeholder text. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/llama-cpp-screenshot.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/19/gpt-oss-with-llama-cpp
2025-08-13 05:39:07+00:00 Screenshot of a GitHub Codespaces VS Code interface showing a README.md file for codespaces-llm repository. The file describes a GitHub Codespaces environment with LLM, Python 3.13, uv and the GitHub Copilot VS Code extension. It has a "Launch Codespace" button. Below shows a terminal tab with the command "llm 'Fun facts about pelicans'" which has generated output listing 5 pelican facts: 1. **Huge Beaks:** about their enormous beaks and throat pouches for scooping fish and water, some over a foot long; 2. **Fishing Technique:** about working together to herd fish into shallow water; 3. **Great Fliers:** about being strong fliers that migrate great distances and soar on thermals; 4. **Buoyant Bodies:** about having air sacs beneath skin and bones making them extra buoyant; 5. **Dive Bombing:** about Brown Pelicans diving dramatically from air into water to catch fish. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/codespaces-llm.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/13/codespaces-llm
2025-08-10 23:59:12+00:00 A blue circle, with a small black shape that might be a wing and a black shape that could maybe be the head? It's awful. Red text overlaps it that says This is art - pelicans don't ride bikes! - there is no attempt at a bicycle. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/qwen3-4b-thinking-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/10/qwen3-4b
2025-08-10 23:59:12+00:00 A bunch of shaps. Pelican Riding a Bike! transposed on top. The yellow and orange bits might be a pelican I guess. The bicycle has two wheels overlapping too close and a single bar in the wrong direction. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/qwen3-4b-instruct-2507-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/10/qwen3-4b
2025-08-09 04:30:36+00:00 The Lethal Trifecta Bay Area AI Security Meetup Simon Willison - simonwillison.net On a photograph of dozens of beautiful California brown pelicans hanging out on a rocky outcrop together https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/the-lethal-trifecta/the-lethal-trifecta.001.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/9/bay-area-ai
2025-08-07 17:36:12+00:00 Bicycle is two circles and some randomish black lines. Pelican still has an OK beak but is otherwise very simple. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gpt-5-nano-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/7/gpt-5
2025-08-07 17:36:12+00:00 Blue background with clouds. Pelican has two necks for some reason. Has a good beak though. More gradents and shadows than the GPT-5 one. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gpt-5-mini-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/7/gpt-5
2025-08-07 17:36:12+00:00 The bicycle is really good, spokes on wheels, correct shape frame, nice pedals. The pelican has a pelican beak and long legs stretching to the pedals. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gpt-5-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/7/gpt-5
2025-08-05 20:33:13+00:00 Yellow and not great pelican, quite a good bicycle if a bit sketchy. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gpt-120-cerebras.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/5/gpt-oss
2025-08-05 17:17:37+00:00 Pelican is line art, does have a good beak and feet on the pedals, bicycle is very poorly designed and not the right shape. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/opus-4.1-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/5/claude-opus-41
2025-08-05 17:17:37+00:00 This one has shaded colors for the different parts of the pelican. Still a bad bicycle. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/opus-4-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/5/claude-opus-41
2025-08-03 22:21:17+00:00 The pelican is blue and looks a little like a sad elephant. The bicycle looks more like a flat motorbike. The pelican has a blue tail and orange legs. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/xbai-o4-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/3/xbai-o4
2025-08-01 17:09:32+00:00 Red bicycle with the right pieces, Pelican has two pieces to its beak that look about the right shape. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/deep-think-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Aug/1/deep-think-in-the-gemini-app
2025-07-31 19:45:36+00:00 The Open WebUI app with a sidebar and then a panel with the model and my Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle prompt, then its response, then another side panel with the rendered SVG. It isn't a great image - the bicycle is a bit mangled - but the pelican does at least have a big triangular orange beak. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/openweb-ui-pelican.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/31/qwen3-coder-flash
2025-07-31 00:58:32+00:00 Screenshot of a chat interface showing a response about encouraging pelicans in a garden. The prompt reads "Describe ways I can encourage pelicans to hang out in my garden" followed by the response: "Pelicans are large, aquatic birds typically found near lakes, rivers, coastal areas, and wetlands—far from typical residential gardens. While it's unlikely you'll attract wild pelicans to your backyard garden, you can create a bird-friendly environment that supports a variety of waterfowl and wildlife. Here's how you can encourage birdlife (including species like herons, ducks, or even occasional pelicans if you're near a suitable habitat) to visit your garden: 1. Create a Water Feature Pelicans love water, so a large, shallow pond or water garden is key: • Size matters: Aim for at least 3–5 feet deep in parts and a shallow edge (6–12 inches) for wading. • Add native aquatic plants (e.g., cattails, water lilies, reeds) to provide shelter and food." At the bottom is a "Send a message" text input field and "qwen3:30b-a3b-instruct-2507-q4_K_M" with a dropdown arrow. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/ollama-app.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/31/ollamas-new-app
2025-07-30 15:36:54+00:00 A line with two dots, over a rhombus, with two circles and a pelican that looks like a grey snowman. They are not arranged in a sensible layout. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/qwen3-30b-a3b-thinking-2507.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/30/qwen3-30b-a3b-thinking-2507
2025-07-29 18:57:33+00:00 This one is cute: blue sky, green grass, the sun is shining. The bicycle is a red block with wheels that looks more like a toy car. The pelican doesn't look like a pelican and has a quirky smile printed on its beak. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/Qwen3-30B-A3B-2507.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/29/qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507
2025-07-29 13:02:39+00:00 Blue background, pelican looks like a cloud with an orange bike, bicycle is recognizable as a bicycle if not quite the right geometry. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/glm-4.5-air-3b-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/29/space-invaders
2025-07-28 16:56:42+00:00 Description by Claude Sonnet 4: This image shows a cute, minimalist illustration of a snowman riding a bicycle. The snowman has a simple design with a round white body, small black dot for an eye, and an orange rectangular nose (likely representing a carrot). The snowman appears to be in motion on a black bicycle with two wheels, with small orange arrows near the pedals suggesting movement. There are curved lines on either side of the image indicating motion or wind. The overall style is clean and whimsical, using a limited color palette of white, black, orange, and gray against a light background. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/glm-4.5-air-pelican.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/28/glm-45
2025-07-28 16:56:42+00:00 Description by Claude Sonnet 4: This is a whimsical illustration of a white duck or goose riding a red bicycle. The bird has an orange beak and is positioned on the bike seat, with its orange webbed feet gripping what appears to be chopsticks or utensils near the handlebars. The bicycle has a simple red frame with two wheels, and there are motion lines behind it suggesting movement. The background is a soft blue-gray color, giving the image a clean, minimalist cartoon style. The overall design has a playful, humorous quality to it. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/glm-4.5-pelican.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/28/glm-45
2025-07-25 22:52:14+00:00 Description by Claude Sonnet 4: Minimalist flat illustration featuring a white bird character with orange beak, a purple rectangular tablet or device, gray cloud-like shapes, two black "T" letters, colorful geometric elements including orange and teal triangular shapes, scattered orange and green dots across a light background, and a thin black line at the bottom https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/qwen-thinking-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/25/qwen3-235b-a22b-thinking-2507
2025-07-23 19:08:32+00:00 It's a pelican riding a bicycle in front of the Golden Gate Bridge, wearing a blue hat. Overlaid text says Specify the environment or setting where your scene takes place. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/veo-3-pelican.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/23/instagram-reel-veo-3-paid-preview
2025-07-22 22:52:02+00:00 The bicycle has no spokes. The pelican is light yellow and is overlapping the middle of the bicycle, not perching on it - it has a large yellow beak and a weird red lower beak or wattle. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct-FP8.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/22/qwen3-coder
2025-07-11 18:33:54+00:00 Description by Claude Sonnet 4: Simple line drawing of a white rubber duck with orange beak sitting on a red bicycle with spoked wheels https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/kimi-k2-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/11/kimi-k2
2025-07-10 19:36:03+00:00 Description below. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/grok4-pelican.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/10/grok-4
2025-06-26 21:08:36+00:00 The bicycle is a sin wave, but you can make out which bits are the frame and the wheels. The pelican is white with a black triangular bill. It's a much better attempt than the Ollama one. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gemma3n-mlx-vlm.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/26/gemma-3n
2025-06-26 21:08:36+00:00 The pelican looks a bit like a grey pig. It is floating above a bicycle that looks more like a rail cart. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gemma3n-ollama.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/26/gemma-3n
2025-06-25 21:47:35+00:00 Screenshot of Claude AI Translator interface showing: Claude AI Translator logo with blue circular icon containing "文A", "Powered by Claude AI for accurate, context-aware translations", language selection dropdowns showing "From English" and "To Spanish" with blue swap arrows button between them, text input area labeled "Enter text to translate" containing "Tell me some fun facts about pelicans", "Tip: Press Ctrl+Enter to translate", Translation section with "high confidence" indicator in green and Spanish translation "Cuéntame algunos datos curiosos sobre los pelícanos" with copy button icon. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/ai-translator.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/25/ai-powered-apps-with-claude
2025-06-20 19:12:42+00:00 See description below https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/mistral-3.2-pelican.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/20/mistral-small-32
2025-06-10 20:46:00+00:00 Description by o3-pro: The image is a playful, minimalist cartoon showing a white bird riding a bicycle. The bird has a simple oval body, a round head with a small black eye, and a yellow beak. Its orange feet are positioned on the bicycle’s pedals. The bicycle itself is drawn with thin black lines forming two large circular wheels and a straightforward frame. The scene has a light blue background with a soft gray oval shadow beneath the bicycle, giving the impression of ground. Overall, the illustration has a light, whimsical feel. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/o3-pro-pelican.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/10/o3-pro
2025-06-10 16:13:22+00:00 Blue sky and what looks like an eagle flying towards the viewer. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/magistral-pelican.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/10/magistral
2025-06-10 16:13:22+00:00 Claude Sonnet 4 described this as Minimalist illustration of a white bird with an orange beak riding on a dark gray motorcycle against a light blue sky with a white sun and gray ground https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/magistral-medium-pelican.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/10/magistral
2025-06-06 20:42:26+00:00 On the left, Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 05-06. It clearly looks like a pelican riding a bicycle. On the right, Llama 3.3 70b Instruct. It&#39;s just three shapes that look nothing like they should. Beneath, a caption: The left image clearly depicts a pelican riding a bicycle, while the right image is very minimalistic and does not represent a pelican riding a bicycle. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/ai-worlds-fair/ai-worlds-fair-2025-32.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms
2025-06-06 20:42:26+00:00 Mistral Small 3 (24B) “Mistral Small 3 is on par with Llama 3.3 70B instruct, while being more than 3x faster on the same hardware.” Mistral&#39;s pelican looks more like a dumpy white duck. It&#39;s perching on a barbell. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/ai-worlds-fair/ai-worlds-fair-2025-11.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms
2025-06-06 20:42:26+00:00 { &quot;left_or_right&quot;: &quot;right&quot;, &quot;rationale&quot;: &quot;The right image clearly shows a pelican, characterized by its distinctive beak and body shape, combined illustratively with bicycle elements (specifically, wheels and legs acting as bicycle legs). The left image shows only a bicycle with no pelican-like features, so it does not match the prompt.&quot; } https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/ai-worlds-fair/ai-worlds-fair-2025-30.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms
2025-06-06 20:42:26+00:00 llm -m gpt-4.1-mini -a 1.png \
--schema &#39;left_or_right: the winning image, rationale: the reason for the choice&#39; -s &#39;Pick the best illustration of a pelican riding a bicycle&#39; https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/ai-worlds-fair/ai-worlds-fair-2025-29.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms
2025-06-06 20:42:26+00:00 But which pelican is best? https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/ai-worlds-fair/ai-worlds-fair-2025-27.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms
2025-06-06 20:42:26+00:00 May Claude Sonnet 4 - pelican is facing to the left - almost all examples so far have faced to the right. It&#39;s a decent enough pelican and bicycle. Claude Opus 4 - also good, though the bicycle and pelican are a bit distorted. Gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06 - really impressive pelican, it&#39;s got a recognizable pelican beak, it&#39;s perched on a good bicycle with visible pedals albeit the frame is wrong. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/ai-worlds-fair/ai-worlds-fair-2025-26.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms
2025-06-06 20:42:26+00:00 o3 and 04-mini o3 did green grass, blue sky, a sun and a duck-like pelican riding a bicycle with black cyberpunk wheels. o4-mini is a lot worse - a half-drawn bicycle and a very small pelican perched on the saddle. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/ai-worlds-fair/ai-worlds-fair-2025-25.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms
2025-06-06 20:42:26+00:00 Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/ai-worlds-fair/ai-worlds-fair-2025-02.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms
2025-06-06 20:42:26+00:00 Llama 3.3 70B. “This model delivers similar performance to Llama 3.1 405B with cost effective inference that’s feasible to run locally on common developer workstations.” 405B drew a bunch of circles and lines that don&#39;t look much like a pelican on a bicycle, but you can see which bits were meant to be what just about. 70B drew a small circle, a vertical line and a shape that looks like a sink. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/ai-worlds-fair/ai-worlds-fair-2025-06.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms
2025-06-06 20:42:26+00:00 GPT 4.1 (1m tokens!) All three of gpt-4.1-nano, gpt-4.1-mini and gpt-4.1 drew passable pelicans on bicycles. 4.1 did it best. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/ai-worlds-fair/ai-worlds-fair-2025-24.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms
2025-06-06 20:42:26+00:00 Claude 3.7 Sonnet There&#39;s a grey bird that is a bit pelican like, stood on a weird contraption on top of a bicycle with two wheels. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/ai-worlds-fair/ai-worlds-fair-2025-13.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms
2025-06-06 20:42:26+00:00 DeepSeek-R1. The bicycle has wheels and several lines that almost approximate a frame. The pelican is stiff below the bicycle and has a triangular yellow beak. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/ai-worlds-fair/ai-worlds-fair-2025-10.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms
2025-06-06 20:42:26+00:00 DeepSeek v3 for Christmas 685B, estimated training cost $5.5m Its pelican is the first we have seen where there is clearly a creature that might be a pelican and it is stood next to a set of wheels and lines that are nearly recognizable as a bicycle. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/ai-worlds-fair/ai-worlds-fair-2025-07.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms
2025-06-06 20:42:26+00:00 Gemini 2.5 Pro This pelican cost 4.7654 cents $1.25 per million input tokens and $10/million for output https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/ai-worlds-fair/ai-worlds-fair-2025-19.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms
2025-06-06 20:42:26+00:00 o1-pro It&#39;s a bird with two long legs at 45 degree angles that end in circles that presumably are meant to be wheels. This pelican cost 88.755 cents $150 per million input tokens and $600/million for output https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/ai-worlds-fair/ai-worlds-fair-2025-18.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms
2025-06-06 20:42:26+00:00 It&#39;s an OK bicycle, if a bit too triangular. The pelican looks like a duck and is facing the wrong direction. $75.00 per million input tokens and $150/million for output 750x gpt-4.1-nano $0.10 input, 375x $0.40 output https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/ai-worlds-fair/ai-worlds-fair-2025-15.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms
2025-06-06 20:42:26+00:00 Llama 4 Scout Llama 4 Maverick Scout drew a deconstructed bicycle with four wheels and a line leading to a pelican made of an oval and a circle. Maverick did a blue background, grey road, bicycle with two small red wheels linked by a blue bar and a blobby bird sitting on that bar. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/ai-worlds-fair/ai-worlds-fair-2025-23.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms
2025-06-06 20:42:26+00:00 GPT-4o native multi-modal image generation Three images of Cleo, my dog. The first is a photo I took of her stood on some gravel looking apprehensive. In the second AI generated image she is wearing a pelican costume and stood in front of a big blue Half Moon Bay sign on the beach, with a pelican flying in the background. The third photo has the same costume but now she is back in her original location. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/ai-worlds-fair/ai-worlds-fair-2025-20.jpeg https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/6/six-months-in-llms
2025-06-05 17:52:16+00:00 It is clearly a pelican and the bicycle is excellent - it has a correctly shaped red frame! The pelican bill is a bit weird looking. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/gemini-2.5-pro-preview-06-05.png https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/5/gemini-25-pro-preview-06-05
2025-05-31 21:18:32+00:00 A pink circle ovenrlaps a yellow oval, with a grey thick lined rectangle cutting thorough both. Two identical blue circles on the right have orange triangular elements and black ovals, a fair distance from the bit that might represent the pelican - it's very hard to tell. https://static.simonwillison.net/static/2025/deepseek-qwen-8b-pelican.jpg https://simonwillison.net/2025/May/31/deepseek-aideepseek-r1-0528
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