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Gemini Omni generates a 10-second video of a sea otter pilot explaining Spirit Airlines costs while Shakespeare battles a pizza robot

Mollick shared the early-access model output.

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I had early Gemini Omni access: "sea otter in a pilot's uniform explains why Spirit Airlines went bankrupt to a river otter who is distracted by their laptop while they are in a hot air balloon over NYC. in the next balloon over, william shakespeare fights a robot made of pizza"

10:24 AM · May 19, 2026 View on X

For those saying "the tomato sauce blood from the sword wound that flying Shakespeare inflicted on the pizza robot while the otters discussed Spirit Airlines wasn't thick enough" or whatever...

this was state of the art in July 2025 (2 years) for "an otter using wifi on a plane"

Ethan MollickEthan Mollick@emollick

I had early Gemini Omni access: "sea otter in a pilot's uniform explains why Spirit Airlines went bankrupt to a river otter who is distracted by their laptop while they are in a hot air balloon over NYC. in the next balloon over, william shakespeare fights a robot made of pizza"

5:24 PM · May 19, 2026 · 44.7K Views
11:48 PM · May 19, 2026 · 21.5K Views

Ugh. I meant July 2024. Sorry.

Ethan MollickEthan Mollick@emollick

For those saying "the tomato sauce blood from the sword wound that flying Shakespeare inflicted on the pizza robot while the otters discussed Spirit Airlines wasn't thick enough" or whatever... this was state of the art in July 2025 (2 years) for "an otter using wifi on a plane"

11:48 PM · May 19, 2026 · 21.5K Views
12:10 AM · May 20, 2026 · 2.4K Views

It is really good at instruction following, obviously, and having a smart model capable of doing video expands what you can do by a considerable margin.

Ethan MollickEthan Mollick@emollick

I had early Gemini Omni access: "sea otter in a pilot's uniform explains why Spirit Airlines went bankrupt to a river otter who is distracted by their laptop while they are in a hot air balloon over NYC. in the next balloon over, william shakespeare fights a robot made of pizza"

5:24 PM · May 19, 2026 · 44.7K Views
5:25 PM · May 19, 2026 · 6.5K Views

lmao amazing

Ethan MollickEthan Mollick@emollick

I had early Gemini Omni access: "sea otter in a pilot's uniform explains why Spirit Airlines went bankrupt to a river otter who is distracted by their laptop while they are in a hot air balloon over NYC. in the next balloon over, william shakespeare fights a robot made of pizza"

5:24 PM · May 19, 2026 · 44.7K Views
6:18 PM · May 19, 2026 · 721 Views