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February 4, 2026, 12:50 PM EST. Mobile, Ala. - A wave of AI-generated caricatures is sweeping social feeds. Users prompt to create a caricature of me and my job based on everything you know about me, then add details such as clocks, trophies, coffee mugs and flowers. Creators report vivid likenesses, though some point out quirks like a missing wedding ring. The trend sits within a broader push of personalized AI content, from cartoon portraits to Renaissance-style renderings, enabled by image-generation features in tools including ChatGPT. The spike comes as platforms wrestle with the technology's reach. On Tuesday, ChatGPT briefly went offline for thousands of users; OpenAI said it applied mitigations. It's unclear if the outage stemmed from the caricature surge, but the trend persisted on feeds across the country.