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Simon Willison created his own AI-powered desktop pet: a pelican on a bicycle
Willison discovered that Codex Desktop has "pets" – small animated characters that provide status updates. He used GPT-5.6 Sol to generate sprite assets for a custom pelican on a bicycle, and documented the entire process with images and GIF animations on GitHub.
WHY IT MATTERS
It demonstrates how generative AI now handles complex visual tasks (multi-frame animation) automatically, and illustrates that AI systems are becoming increasingly user-friendly and playful for everyday use.
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