{"id":124916,"date":"2026-03-16T17:58:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tech.einnews.com\/article\/899851728"},"modified":"2026-03-16T17:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:58:30","slug":"new-nvidia-dlss-tech-gives-characters-ai-slop-faces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/03\/16\/new-nvidia-dlss-tech-gives-characters-ai-slop-faces\/","title":{"rendered":"New Nvidia DLSS Tech Gives Characters AI Slop Faces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, GPU maker and tech giant Nvidia revealed DLSS 5, a new version of its existing upscaling technology that, based on the first images shared by the company, will slap a nice coat of AI slop onto in-game faces.<\/p>\n<p>On March 16, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/en-us\/geforce\/news\/dlss5-breakthrough-in-visual-fidelity-for-games\/\">Nvidia announced the next evolution of DLSS<\/a>, calling DLSS 5 the company\u2019s \u201cmost significant breakthrough in computer graphics since the debut of real-time ray tracing in 2018.\u201d Nvidia\u2019s CEO Jensen Huang called the new tech the \u201cGPT moment\u201d for video game graphics, saying that it blends <em>\u201c<\/em>hand-crafted rendering with generative AI to deliver a dramatic leap in visual realism while preserving the control artists need for creative expression.\u201d And uh, I have some doubts about that last point. Or really everything.<\/p>\n<p>In the blog post announcing DLSS 5, Nvidia showed off numerous examples, and all of the DLSS 5-enhanced screenshots of Grace in <em>Resident Evil Requiem<\/em> look like the kind of crap that gets made by angry fans online when they think <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegamer.com\/aloy-snapchat-filter-realism-horizon-forbidden-west\/\">a woman has too big a chin.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"not-prose my-8 -mx-4 xs:mx-auto\">cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({&#8220;playerId&#8221;:&#8221;e3616d04-4972-4839-a63a-c6975e2e9731&#8243;,&#8221;settings&#8221;:{&#8220;advertising&#8221;:{&#8220;macros&#8221;:{&#8220;AD_UNIT&#8221;:&#8221;\/23178111854\/od.kotaku.com\/article&#8221;,&#8221;CHILD_UNIT&#8221;:&#8221;article&#8221;,&#8221;POST_ID&#8221;:&#8221;2000679199&#8243;,&#8221;POST_TYPE&#8221;:&#8221;post&#8221;,&#8221;CHANNEL&#8221;:&#8221;culture&#8221;,&#8221;SECTION&#8221;:&#8221;news&#8221;,&#8221;SUBSECTION&#8221;:&#8221;&#8221;,&#8221;CATEGORIES&#8221;:&#8221;news&#8221;,&#8221;TAGS&#8221;:&#8221;dlss,resident-evil-requiem&#8221;,&#8221;NOP&#8221;:&#8221;0&#8243;},&#8221;timeBeforeFirstAd&#8221;:0}}}).render(&#8220;cnx-player-main&#8221;)});<\/div>\n<p>According to Nvidia, here\u2019s how DLSS 5 works (and also why it looks so bad).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>DLSS 5 takes a game\u2019s color and motion vectors for each frame as input, and uses an AI model to infuse the scene with photoreal lighting and materials that are anchored to source 3D content and consistent from frame to frame. DLSS 5 runs in real time at up to 4K resolution for smooth, interactive gameplay.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Basically, as described by Nvidia, each frame of the game is being covered in real-time with AI junk that is trying to mimic realism but ends up just creating a really off-putting image that also doesn\u2019t look at all like the original game. Previously, DLSS tech helped games run better by letting the PC render the game at a lower internal res and using AI to upscale it to something better-looking. The results were often impressive. But this\u2026this is something else, and it makes it look like someone ran <em>Resident Evil<\/em> <em>Requiem <\/em>through some cheap photo filter.<\/p>\n<p>And it wasn\u2019t just <em>Resident Evil<\/em> that got slopped up. Nvidia also applied DLSS 5 to <em>Starfield<\/em> to try to improve that game\u2019s admittedly rough-looking faces. The end result:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2000679207\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2000679207\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-opt-id=758893364  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kotaku.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dlsssahhh.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kotaku.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dlsssahhh.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kotaku.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dlsssahhh.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kotaku.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dlsssahhh.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kotaku.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dlsssahhh.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kotaku.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dlsssahhh.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kotaku.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dlsssahhh.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kotaku.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dlsssahhh.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kotaku.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dlsssahhh.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kotaku.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dlsssahhh.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kotaku.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dlsssahhh.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2000679207\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/mlmjbqro95r8.i.optimole.com\/cb:bOxR.6a5\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kotaku.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dlsssahhh.jpg?ssl=1\" alt width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2000679207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9Bethesda \/ Nvidia \/ Kotaku<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Yikes! Other games that Nvivia \u201cenhanced\u201d with DLSS 5 included <em>Hogwarts Legacy<\/em> and <em>EA Sports FC. <\/em>The results also look like AI slop! Look out for that older woman in the <em>Hogwarts<\/em> video who looks especially rough after being improved with AI and DLSS 5. And also notice how little footage Nvidia shows of the games in motion using DLSS 5. I think that\u2019s because it looks so unnatural and odd in motion.<\/p>\n<p>Nvidia says DLSS 5 will be available later this fall in a list of titles including <em>AION 2, Assassin\u2019s Creed Shadows, Black State, CINDER CITY, Delta Force, Hogwarts Legacy, Justice, NARAKA: BLADEPOINT, NTE: Neverness to Everness, Phantom Blade Zero, Resident Evil Requiem, Sea of Remnants, Starfield, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered, Where Winds Meet, <\/em>and \u201cmore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBethesda has such a rich history pushing graphics with NVIDIA, going all the way back to <em>Morrowind<\/em>, with that incredible water,\u201d said Bethesda game director Todd Howard via a statement shared by Nvidia. \u201cWhen NVIDIA showed us DLSS 5, and we got it running in <em>Starfield<\/em>, it was amazing how it brought it to life. We\u2019ve played it. We can\u2019t wait for all of you to do so as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m probably going to pass on that one, Todd. But thanks anyway.<\/p>\n<h2>The internet doesn\u2019t like DLSS 5<\/h2>\n<p>As you\u2019d expect, the internet has reacted poorly to the reveal of DLSS 5 and its AI slop faces, with many people pointing out how drastically altered some of the images are from the original source material and questioning who would want this.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\"> <\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, GPU maker and <span class=\"match\">tech<\/span> giant Nvidia revealed DLSS &#8230; version of its existing upscaling <span class=\"match\">technology<\/span> that, based on the first &#8230; CEO Jensen Huang called the new <span class=\"match\">tech<\/span> the \u00e2\u0080\u009cGPT moment\u00e2\u0080\u009d for video &#8230; the original game. 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