{"id":2161,"date":"2025-05-24T19:28:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T19:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/05\/24\/ice-nine-kills-pushes-merch-using-ai-generated-imagery\/"},"modified":"2025-05-24T19:28:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T19:28:00","slug":"ice-nine-kills-pushes-merch-using-ai-generated-imagery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheblog.top\/worldpostone\/2025\/05\/24\/ice-nine-kills-pushes-merch-using-ai-generated-imagery\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE NINE KILLS Pushes Merch Using AI-Generated Imagery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Ice Nine Kills<\/strong> is pushing a merch sale on their website sadly with the assistance of AI-generated slop. The band posted the below story to their Instagram alongside a pretty poorly-rendered version of <strong>Freddy Kruger<\/strong> and <strong>Jason<\/strong>. Why the band didn&#8217;t just use actual photos of their own merch \u2013 or hire an actual artist who&#8217;s surely hustling their asses off to make ends meet \u2013 is completely beyond me.<\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;d like to check this for yourself, I personally used <a href=\"https:\/\/wasitai.com\/\">WasItAI<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/hivemoderation.com\/ai-generated-content-detection\">HiveModeration<\/a> to see if the image was AI. You can run these tests yourselves. You can also just use your eyes and look at any of the super weird aspects like:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The knives are upsidedown<\/li>\n<li>What is <strong>Freddy<\/strong> holding?<\/li>\n<li>Why are two of the bottles behind a line but the third is on it? That&#8217;s some Penrose Triangle nonsense<\/li>\n<li>Name any single item on that side table. I&#8217;ll wait<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Ice Nine Kills<\/strong> has yet to comment on this despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Metalcore\/comments\/1ktxtae\/ice_nine_kills_using_ai_generated_images_to\/\">some folks on Reddit<\/a> being pretty aware of it, and not thrilled. The image is (via <em><a href=\"https:\/\/lambgoat.com\/news\/47857\/ice-nine-kills-accused-of-using-ai-for-merch-sale-promo\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKeu-FleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFGWkdKcTlIdFlzZ252Y3RxAR6mst7cQgH4tkIQfXRcvxbPLOO5XpkvANbUBR2miMqEf4NSPSR9VJ2Ez4LlSg_aem_gmDdBRs-6yZSnEGGQWZ2Cg\">Lambgoat<\/a><\/em>):<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ice-nine-kills-ai-20250524064634-448x1000.jpg\" alt=\"ICE NINE KILLS Pushes Merch Using AI-Generated Imagery\" class=\"wp-image-572140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ice-nine-kills-ai-20250524064634-448x1000.jpg 448w, https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ice-nine-kills-ai-20250524064634-134x300.jpg 134w, https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ice-nine-kills-ai-20250524064634-688x1536.jpg 688w, https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ice-nine-kills-ai-20250524064634.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"zox-post-body left zoxrel zox100\">\n\t\t<strong style=\"display: block;margin: 0 auto;max-width: 660px;font-size: 1.625rem;\">Want More Metal? 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