'This Looks Like Dogsh*t': Disturbing DLSS 5 AI Filter Applied to Major PS5 Games After Leaking
Nvidia's new DLSS 5 AI filter has leaked and is being applied by users to various PS5 games, resulting in controversial visual changes. Critics argue the technology alters the artistic intent of game developers, while Nvidia maintains it is a form of neural rendering.
Why it matters
The intersection of generative AI and creative media raises significant questions about artistic integrity and technological control.
Nvidia’s controversial new DLSS 5 filter, which caused a bit of a hullabaloo earlier this year , has leaked online – and instantly been implemented into pretty much every major PS5 game on the market.
While previous iterations of Nvidia’s upscaling technology have broadly been praised – using reconstruction techniques to reduce computational load without impacting image quality – this version appears to use generative AI to alter artistic intent.
This was best observed with an example of Resident Evil Requiem’s Grace Ashcroft earlier in the year, with fans complaining the scaredy-cat heroine had been “yassified”.
And now a version of the technology’s files have been pulled from the PC version of NBA 2K27 , which has prompted fans to inject it into a variety of different titles – including many of Sony’s biggest franchises, via their Steam ports.
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