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The God of War official X account released a photo of Kratos and Atreus from the series that is now in production. The caption reads, “Father and Son. Behold your first look at Kratos and Atreus in the God of War series now in production for @primevideo. Their journey to the highest peak begins.” However, instead of getting excited about the new series, people accused the show of using AI to generate this image.
Fans Accuse Prime Video of Using AI for God of War Teaser Image
The X post from the God of War account shows Kratos watching as Atreus prepares to fire his bow and arrow. Ryan Hurst (Sons of Anarchy) plays Kratos, while Callum Vinson (Chucky) stars as Atreus. After a series of responses where fans showed excitement for the show, the comments then turned to people accusing the photos of being AI-generated. There was even a comment where someone thought all images were from the actual shot footage, not understanding that still photographers are on set.
However, this is an actual photo taken on the set of God of War. The metadata for the photo (the information in the image showing the copyright info) reveals it was a still photo shot by Leah Gallo, using a Canon EOS R5 with a 24-70mm lens (using a 57.0 mm focal length. Not only that, but she shot the photo on February 24 at 1:16 p.m. local time. This photograph is four days old. A bigger problem came when someone posted an image that said it was AI-generated.
That said, many people mocked the post, saying that the AI website that detects other AI is unreliable. Some even posted behind-the-scenes photos from other movies that the site claimed were significantly AI-generated.
