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

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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...

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