Overview
- This week Insomniac community director James Stevenson publicly denied that Marvel’s Wolverine contains AI-generated assets and identified the garbled restroom sign as a UV-map bug.
- A TikTok clip showing multiple male stick figures clipping together drew more than 700,000 views and a separate Twitter post exceeded 315,000 views, driving rapid scrutiny of the asset.
- Observers and the studio note the sign’s look changes with angle and screenshots, which is consistent with texture or UV-map collisions rather than generative-AI output.
- Insomniac says a fix is coming but has not given a date, and the studio warns that patches must be tested carefully because the game has other launch issues tied into shared systems.
- The episode reflects wider industry sensitivity after other studios confirmed generative-AI use and highlights how viral posts can quickly misattribute technical glitches to AI, putting studio artists at risk of unfair accusations.