Putting the AI in Apple Cup: Send us your best images of Huskies and Cougars battling
The 2024 Apple Cup college football matchup between the University of Washington and Washington State University has a bit of different look and feel this year. The game is earlier in the season than usual, it’s not at either school’s stadium, and the teams now play in different conferences.
In the spirit of all of that, ahead of Saturday’s contest at Lumen Field in Seattle, we asked a variety of generative artificial intelligence programs to come up with suitable illustrations hyping the big game.
The prompts for each image varied across GeekWire’s staff, which, admittedly, leans a bit purple.
Check them out below, and send us more, along with your name, the AI you used and the prompt you fed it, to [email protected]. We’ll add them to the story.
Go team!
Kaitlyn Vomenici: “Create an image of the 2024 apple cup with Lumen Field during a lightning storm in the background and a weak looking cougar fighting an aggressive large husky wearing a purple jersey in the foreground. Make sure it says Apple Cup.” (via ChatGPT)
Taylor Soper: “A cyberpunk theme, with a large Husky dog trouncing a Cougar at a football stadium in Seattle, with apples on the field.” (via DALL-E)
Miya Doane: “Create an image of 2024 Apple Cup American football game in a stadium with a fierce looking Cougar wearing a crimson colored jersey dominating a cute little innocent Husky with their tongue hanging out. Make sure it states “Apple Cup” AND “Cougs rule and Dawgs drool!” (via ChatGPT)
Melanee Ferrier: “Create an image of the 2024 Apple Cup with a focus on someone who is neither a Husky nor a Cougar, but is enjoying the game from a suite. In the background both a weak looking Cougar fighting a tame but large Husky wearing a purple jersey. Text should read Apple Cup.” (via ChatGPT)
Shaun Dolence: “Create an image for the 2024 Apple Cup with a sad Cougar from WSU losing in football to a strong, powerful Husky from UW. Make sure there are lots of apples. The game is played at Lumen Field in Seattle.” (via ChatGPT)
Kurt Schlosser: “Create an image of a Washington State Cougar eating apples after beating a University of Washington Husky in a football game at Lumen Field in Seattle.” (via Google Gemini)
Holly Grambihler: “Create an image showing the University of Washington Huskies battling the Washington State Cougars at the 2024 Apple Cup at Lumen Field in Seattle.” (via Canva)
Chris Rood: “Create an image in the style of a promotional movie poster with 2 Kaiju, one Siberian husky, and one mountain lion fighting in the city of Seattle with a stadium.” (via Google Gemini)