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

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X posts containing images of Mario — including an AI-generated picture of the plumber holding a ***** and a **********, created by The Verge using xAI’s Grok — were removed after a

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apparently used AI to identify the images and serve takedown notices on behalf of Nintendo.

According to an email received by The Verge’s Tom Warren, a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notice was issued to X by “customer success manager” Ben Arzen of Tracer, which offers AI-powered services to companies purported to identify trademark and copyright violations online. Here’s the image that got Tom’s post removed.

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