- Prominent figures like RFK Jr. and Alex Jones tweeted AI-generated Thanksgiving photos.
- The trend follows the launch of Google Gemini’s Nano Banana Pro a week ago.
- Nano Banana Pro could make the same jokey photos look indistinguishable from AI by next year.
Mashed potato recipes aren’t the only things being whipped up by AI this Thanksgiving. Digitally altered family portraits are also on the menu — and some are starting to look more realistic.
RFK Jr., parodying his famed photo dining on McDonald’s with President Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., and Elon Musk, swapped the Happy Meals for Brussels sprouts and cranberries. Alex Jones appeared to cook a turkey with Sydney Sweeney. Crypto influencer Tiffany Fong carved hers next to Jackie Chan with the help of AI.
One of the more lifelike renderings came from Daniel Newman, the CEO of Futurum, a tech research group. Newman shared multiple photos of himself appearing to dine with tech leaders like Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Satya Nadella, Tim Cook, and Jensen Huang (who, appears twice).
“Seriously…AI is too much,” Newman wrote.
A new AI model launched days before Thanksgiving
While leading AI generators used the holiday to showcase new updates — OpenAI’s Sora shared videos of an animated turkey while Topaz Labs restored 1940s Macy’s Day Parade footage — one AI model dominated the discourse this week.
A week before Thanksgiving, Google Gemini launched Nano Banana Pro, an updated version of its AI image generator. Comparing a similar image created by the older version of Nano Banana, users flagged the hyper-realism of the new model.
Already, Nano Banana Pro stunned online users with generated photos of tech CEOs partying together (busy week for the AI CEOs!)
So as you sit with your own relatives this Thanksgiving, now might be a great time to share your tips for spotting AI — while they’re still relevant.