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Paramount+ Used AI To Make The Ugliest Star Trek Thumbnail Ever

Engadget - Technology News & Expert Reviews·staff@engadget.com (Lawrence Bonk)·3 days ago
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They Khan’t get away with that. Paramount+ looks to have used generative AI to whip up a thumbnail for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan , according to a report by Kotaku . The image shows Captain Kirk, as played by William Shatner, dressed in a business suit. Kirk never dons a business suit in Wrath of Khan , or any other time throughout Shatner's decades of portraying the character. He did rock a flannel shirt and jeans once during a visit to 1930s Earth. Paramount+ wanted to use the image on the left as a poster for the wrath of Khan, so they used everyone's least favorite technology to generate the rest of the image. — Ryan Estrada (@ryanestrada.com) 2026-05-28T23:57:45.992Z I've watched every episode of Star Trek across a dozen shows and I'm not even sure business suits exist in that far-flung future, aside from an occasional appearance on the Holodeck . There's no money, so not much need for business.…

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