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Game The First Descendant Devs in Hot Water Over AI Ads Impersonating Streamers


As part of a recent ad campaign promoting First Descendant's latest update, new playable character, and Nier Automata collaboration, the official First Descendant TikTok account posted a number of AI-generated ads that generated a significant backlash from the community. Not only were the ads AI-gen...

The most overt example of the latter is popular Warframe streamer and video creator, DanieltheDemon, who has since come out and denied his involvement in the campaign, stating "I have no affiliation nor contract with The First Descendant. Nexon's full statement reads as follows: We would like to inform you of certain irregularities identified in the operation of our TikTok Creative Challenge for creators.As a part of our marketing campaign for Season 3: Breakthrough, we recently ran a Creative Challenge program for TikTok creators, which allows creators to voluntarily submit their content to be used as advertising materials. All submitted videos are verified through TikTok's system to check copyright violations before they are approved as advertising content.

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