Nintendo Is Reportedly Targeting AI-Generated Mario Pictures

[Fenton]

A company called Tracer is apparently working on "behalf of Nintendo" and has filed takedown notices to remove "dozens" of posts on social media platform 'X'. This supposedly includes images generated by xAI's Grok AI tool. It's claimed Tracer is using its own "AI-powered copyright tool" to assist the process:

"The company [Tracer] apparently used AI to identify the images and serve takedown notices on behalf of Nintendo, hitting AI-generated images as well as some fan art."

As further explained by the source, Tracer offers "AI-powered services to companies, purporting to identify trademark and copyright violations online".

The AI-generated images depicted all sorts of things, including one Grok image which showed Mario smoking and drinking on the beach. Some fan art has seemingly been caught in the crossfire as well.

Nintendo Is Reportedly Targeting AI-Generated Mario Pictures

Tracer used AI to serve takedowns "on behalf of Nintendo"

www.nintendolife.com

An AI-powered copyright tool is taking down AI-generated Mario pictures

But is fan art worthy of a DMCA notice, too?

www.theverge.com

 

[Polyh3dron]

do your thing, ninjas

 

[Gods&Monsters]

Nintendo have so much respect for their creations and the artists that works on them unlike that other company who let their IPs be devalued, pirated and modded on rival platforms

 

[Monkeyclaw]

Jesus Nintendo. Stop sueing the shit out of everyone. History is a clear indication that you won't be stopping anything.

Make quality gaming stuff and stfu.

 

[Systemshock2023]

Nintendo needs to eat some humble pie. I wish Sony and MS released just hybrid portables to reduce Nintendo's share to gamecube levels.

 

[Plextorage]

I reeeeeally hope this will backfire Nintendo someday. They're nuts

 

[Old Gamer]

Going after the same people who advertise your products for you... what could possibly go wrong?