Tuesday, July 14th, 2026 – 12:03 am
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In AI We Trust … ?
Early AI image generators drew consumer backlash for obvious mistakes, such as spitting out garbled text or people with three nostrils. Turns out today’s AI creative products are not all passing the sniff test, either.
Meta is drawing the ire of advertisers for pushing AI tools despite their clear blunders. Meta recently ran an ad for outdoor brand REI featuring a bike with two handlebars and a creative centering a man in a campaign for a women’s networking group. Other mistakes may be less obvious to consumers but are egregious to advertisers, such as altering a brand’s actual products. Either way, the brands are left to do the damage control with peeved and confused customers.
