Gamers Say There’s AI Slop in the New Season of Fortnite

As the game rolls out a major new update, fans are accusing Fortnite of now containing shoddy AI slop.

The claims began over the weekend. On the r/FortNiteBR subreddit dedicated to the battle royale shooter, some gamers posted screenshots of in-game art that appeared to be the work of an AI model. A poster for a made-up movie called “Mile High Retreat,” for example, shows a yeti with five toes on one foot, and four toes on another — a telltale sign of shoddy AI content.

“Say ‘No’ to AI slop,” a highly upvoted post in the Reddit forum fumed. “A billion-dollar company should have no problem supporting real artists for real art.”

Moderators put up an entire megathread dedicated to the controversy. In a poll attached to the thread, over 80 percent of respondents said that AI content “doesn’