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Watching o3 guess a photo’s location is surreal, dystopian and wildly entertaining

Watching OpenAI’s new o3 model guess where a photo was taken is one of those moments where decades of science fiction suddenly come to life. It’s a cross between the Enhance Button and Omniscient Database TV Tropes. The process is simple.

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/26/o3-photo-locations/