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Gamers push back against Nvidia’s new AI tool redesigning female characters

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By Sian Tomkinson
| Startup Daily Verified
The software takes low-resolution images and uses AI to upscale them, adding what Nvidia calls “photoreal lighting and materials”. The tool is designed to make video games look more photorealistic, but the examples Nvidia chose to show off the technology revealed something unexpected: the AI doesn’t just makes images sharper and glossier, it also makes characters significantly more conventionally attractive. The growing backlash is about more than makeup.
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Nvidia’s new AI tool is giving female game characters a makeover – and gamers are pushing back

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By Sian Tomkinson, Edith Cowan
| Daily Bulletin AU Verified
Last week leading chipmaker Nvidia announced DLSS-5 (Deep Learning Super Sampling), a new artificial intelligence (AI) rendering tool it describes as a “breakthrough in visual fidelity for games”. The software takes low-resolution images and uses AI to upscale them, adding what Nvidia calls “photoreal lighting and materials”.
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Nvidia's new AI tool is giving female game characters a makeover—and gamers are pushing back

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By Sian Tomkinson, Sadie Harley, Robert Egan Verified
| Tech Xplore Verified
Resident Evil Requiem's Grace, without DLSS-5 (left) and with (right).
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