Roblox developer Hoofer used Nvidia's leaked DLSS 5 renderer to give Roblox avatars photorealistic human faces, sharing footage on September 1 that shows blocky characters with realistic skin and eyes…
Nvidia's unreleased DLSS 5, leaked ahead of its official release, has been used by an X user named jo to apply photorealistic generative AI enhancements to anime games, producing unsettling 'uncanny v…
The viral 'Oreogate' Instagram saga, in which a mother allegedly tried to ban Oreos from her daughter's kindergarten, was a paid partnership with AI music company Suno, which confirmed the creator @as…
Modders have leaked Nvidia's unfinished DLSS 5 neural rendering runtime, version 310.8.0.0, from NBA 2K27's early access build and are running it in Control, Skyrim, and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, trans…
Amplitude Studios denied claims that the Humankind 2 announcement trailer was made with generative AI, stating it was filmed at Nu Boyana Film Studios in Sofia using real actors, practical sets, and c…
Roblox Corporation has banned games that combine a media feed, autoplay or looping, and rewards for continued watching from its Kids and Select categories, effective immediately, to protect younger us…
TikToker Grace Brassel went viral on August 19 after meeting Xavier 'X' Jernigan, Spotify's head of cultural partnerships, who is the real person behind the AI DJ known as DJ X on Spotify. Jernigan, w…
An AI receptionist system called EMMA, used by clinics in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, has failed to understand some patients' Yorkshire accents, forcing them to visit in person. Healthwatch Rotherham …
Police forces across the UK and Ireland have debunked a viral AI-generated hoax showing a sinister Cat in the Hat lurking outside homes, confirming the images were created with AI prompts and not real…
A class action lawsuit filed on August 20, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California accuses Twitch and Amazon of using creators' streams to train generative AI without …
Robin Williams' children Zak, Zelda, and Cody Williams have revived the late actor's Instagram account, dormant since his death in August 2014, to combat unauthorized AI recreations of his voice and l…
A Chinese animation movie titled 'Niu Lai' that cost $200 to make and was labeled 'worse than AI' has become a viral hit, earning approximately $4 million at the box office since its August 15 release…
A Haines City, Florida police officer, Christopher Goodson, 31, was arrested on August 11 after allegedly using AI-powered Flock cameras to track his estranged wife's vehicle 717 times between Septemb…
Liquid Death and Garage Beer launched a 'We Want Your Pee' campaign on August 18, asking people to mail urine to AI data centers to highlight water use for cooling, with a limited-edition 'Data Center…
A viral 'De-Flock America' campaign is urging Americans to disable, cover, or destroy Flock Safety automated license plate reader cameras on Halloween 2026, leveraging crowds and costumes for cover, t…
A new website, HaveIBeenFlocked.com, lets drivers check whether their license plate has been searched in the Flock Safety database, which uses AI-powered cameras to log vehicle data. The site compiles…
Chinese animated film 'Niu Lai' (Here Comes the Ox), directed by Xin Yumeng and written by Sun Lifang, went viral after earning only 7,159 yuan (about $1,000) in its first nine days, with roughly 200 …
Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch denied that the company replaced lead writer Stella Sacco with ChatGPT on the upcoming game Rideshare "Stimulator," saying she was replaced by a more talented write…
Twitch streamers criticized the platform after it was revealed that streams, clips, and videos would be used to train Amazon's generative AI models by default. Twitch added an opt-out setting on Augus…
Google has responded after its search engine falsely displayed that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had died on August 12, attributing the error to vandalism of public information sources, likely Wikipedia. The…