👨‍💻 The 2026 Olympics Are Drowning in AI Slop

Social media is overflowing with anger directed at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics social media team. The Games' official accounts use AI-generated art—with no attention to detail or regard for copyright.

✅ The images immediately show colors and geometric distortions typical of AI. But users noticed that the AI even made a mistake in drawing the Olympic rings.

✅ Still, the main issue—the ideas for the art were apparently "borrowed" from the well-known photographer Tatsuya Tanaka. You've probably stumbled across his photo miniatures on the internet at least once, which he's been working on for over 13 years now. X users are calling on him to sue the Olympics for stolen style—the artist remains silent.

💡 Meanwhile, Tanaka released a series of works dedicated to the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games. So it's unclear why the organizers of the year's biggest sporting event, with a budget of €1.7B, decided to cheap out on visuals rather than inviting a well-known artist who's obviously interested in the subject?

What do you think, can this be considered plagiarism?

🔥 — yes, this is blatant theft of ideas
🤔 — no, these are just references

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