Someone paid $45 for Claude Fable 5.2 to make an MS Paint image, and the results aren’t too bad

Published Nov 13, 2026, 7:39 PM EST Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to technician for all computer issues, he found his passion for writing and decided to use his skill set to write about all things tech. Since beginning his writing career, he has written for many different publications such as WorldStart, Listverse, and MakeTechEasier. However, after finding his home at MakeUseOf in February 2019, he would eventually move on to its sister site, XDA, to bring the latest and greatest in Windows, Linux, and DIY electronics. Sign in to your XDA account Summary Claude Fable 5.2 drew an original MS Paint piece by controlling the mouse. It completed the doodle in about 2.5 hours, and worked entirely off a prompt. API calls came to roughly $45 - quite a bit pricey, but the result is pretty cool. How much would you pay for someone to doodle in MS Paint and give you the result? I guess it depends wholly on how talented the artist is. Well, if you'd pay $45 for one of the most powerful consumer-grade LLMs in the world to whip up a picture for you, someone has already done that. And truth be told, it's actually not half bad. Turns out, Claude Fable 5.2 can whip up a mean MS Paint picture It's a little pricey, though Over on the ClaudeAI subreddit, user wollymonjac was feeling inspired. They had access to Claude Fable 5.2 and wanted to do something cool with it. So, they did what anyone would do in their situation: give it control of their mouse and let it doodle in MS Paint for a little. "I saw a post on Reddit where the new GPT Astra painted in MS Paint, so I let Fable 5.2 try the same thing. It did the whole painting with the mouse in about 2.5 hours." You can check out the art in the video above. To get the job done, wollymonjac gave the Claude app control over their mouse, then let it doodle for a bit. Claude wasn't replicating an existing piece of art, either; this was described in a prompt. The API calls racked up a $45 bill, which isn't ideal, but it's still pretty cool.