Leandro von Werra reports Claude Opus 5.5 drew a black hole with pens and paper
Overview
Leandro von Werra says he gave Claude Opus 5.5 a few pens and paper and asked it to make art for a contest.
According to his post on X, the model simulated a black hole, raytraced how rings of light would bend around it, and drew the result in gold and white on black paper. Von Werra posted the account on October 13, 2026, and asked followers which model he should try next. The report is his own description; no output or method has been published alongside it.
Written by AI from the articles below · updated Oct 13, 11:19 AM ET
Check the sources:
Article timeline
The articles in this story. Times are ET.
Leandro von Werra@lvwerraXClaude Opus 5.5 produces a black hole drawing when given pens and paperAILeandro von Werra says he gave Claude Opus 5.5 a few pens and paper and asked it to make art for a contest. Claude simulated a black hole, raytraced how rings of light would bend, and drew the result in gold and white on black paper. He asks which model he should try next.

Heat trend
Not enough continuous observations to show a trend yet.