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Asked GPT, and it turns out to be true. Yes, at least the first photo can be confirmed as a young Warren Buffett. The University of Pennsylvania's own digital archives label this photo as 'Warren Buffett (born 1930) as a student, with unidentified female cheering at football game,' taken in 1948, sourced directly from Penn Pixs / Pennsylvania Pictures. Your first photo says Penn Pics, November 1948. At the time, Buffett had just turned 18 and was studying at the University of Pennsylvania. This photo was later included in biographies about Buffett, noting that he appeared on the November 1948 cover of Penn Pics. As for the second photo, I can't confirm the identity of the person just based on the face. However, historical records do note that in 1948, Buffett and his friend Don Danly bought a Springfield Rolls-Royce Brewster Coupe and specifically used it for staged, playful photos. The photo description in *The Snowball* also explicitly mentions this incident. So, this viral story of 'young Buffett wearing fur, sporting a top hat, and puffing on a cigar' isn’t just a simple AI-generated fake. The first photo has direct backing from Penn archives, and the scene in the second photo aligns closely with documented accounts of the 1948 Rolls-Royce event. What’s interesting is how 18-year-old Buffett’s style is worlds apart from the image of him decades later—drinking Coke and wearing plain suits.