
J. Crew Is in Hot Water After Its “Vintage” Ad Turned Out to Be Faked Using AI
AI Americana The American clothing brand J. Crew is under fire after it was revealed that the company used AI to guzzle up its own aesthetic and create ads with seemingly fake models. The images, which were published to Instagram earlier this month, don't raise immediate alarm bells. Presumed human men are pictured embodying J. Crew's vintage Americana-prep aesthetic: vibing on boats, cycling past storefronts in muted colors, drawing and painting in their paint-splattered studio, and so on. But as Blackbird Spyplane first spotted, upon closer inspection, the images are absolutely littered with signs of AI slop. The AI-generated errors […]