{"slug": "fans-smelled-ai-in-james-pond-legacy-s-trailer-the-studio-says-they-re-wrong", "title": "Fans smelled AI in James Pond Legacy's trailer. The studio says they're wrong.", "summary": "System 3 Software is facing fan backlash over its upcoming game The James Pond Legacy, with viewers accusing the trailer of using AI-generated singing and characters. The studio denies the claims, insisting the content is not AI-made.", "body_md": "A video game developer, System 3 Software, is under fire from fans for using AI in its upcoming title, [The James Pond Legacy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFggndxGZk0). Typical comments include \"AI singing, AI characters,\" and another that says, \"Bro, this looks like a shitpost. — [Read the rest ](https://boingboing.net/2026/08/21/fountain-pen-james-pond-ai.html)\n\nThe post [Fans smelled AI in James Pond Legacy's trailer. The studio says they're wrong.](https://boingboing.net/2026/08/21/fountain-pen-james-pond-ai.html) appeared first on [Boing Boing](https://boingboing.net).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/fans-smelled-ai-in-james-pond-legacy-s-trailer-the-studio-says-they-re-wrong", "canonical_source": "https://boingboing.net/2026/08/21/fountain-pen-james-pond-ai.html", "published_at": "2026-08-21 11:00:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-21 11:43:43.790533+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["generative-ai"], "entities": ["System 3 Software", "The James Pond Legacy"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/fans-smelled-ai-in-james-pond-legacy-s-trailer-the-studio-says-they-re-wrong", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/fans-smelled-ai-in-james-pond-legacy-s-trailer-the-studio-says-they-re-wrong.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/fans-smelled-ai-in-james-pond-legacy-s-trailer-the-studio-says-they-re-wrong.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/fans-smelled-ai-in-james-pond-legacy-s-trailer-the-studio-says-they-re-wrong.jsonld"}}