{"rewrite":{"id":"r_40723ba1e79d251b92727c09","clusterId":"c_a608da243537f7c5b99c3d1c","slug":"level-5-apologizes-for-ai-use-in-event-footage-will-avoid-direct-ai-in-user-facing-video","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Level-5 Apologizes For AI Use In Event Footage, Will Avoid Direct AI In User-Facing Video","summary":"Level-5 apologized on September 17 for errors caused by generative AI and human mistakes in promotional videos shown at LEVEL5 VISION 2026 II. The company said it will limit AI to efficiency improvement and avoid direct use in footage delivered to users. Representative Akihiro Hino said on X on September 12 that he added AI processing to make the presentation flashier, and said careless AI output data is not in the games.","whyItMatters":"Level-5 is keeping AI in its pipeline while pulling it out of the images fans actually see, which is the compromise a publisher reaches when the efficiency gain is real but the audience resistance is louder.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe disputed material came from concept art for Yo-kai Watch 2: Hadou, where power lines and vending machines were called unnatural and possibly AI-generated. Level-5 said the power lines were hand-drawn by a designer and the vending machines were human error, details omitted by mistake. It still acknowledged careless AI use in some footage. Hino framed the AI as a way to make the presentation flashier, and drew the line at the event itself: scenario, character designs, and basic settings stay human, and the games will ship without careless AI output. The company wants major titles built in two years instead of five.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Level-5 draws the line at delivery, not creation. Akihiro Hino called the AI processing his own addition to make the presentation flashier, and the policy keeps AI in internal work while user-facing footage gets made the old way.","twitterPost":"Level-5's new line keeps AI in internal work, not in footage users see. Hino called the processing his own flourish.","threadsPost":"Level-5's apology splits AI use into two buckets: internal efficiency, which stays, and user-facing footage, which goes back to human hands. Akihiro Hino had described the AI processing as his own addition to make the presentation flashier, which puts the policy change on his judgment rather than on the tool.","newsletterBlurb":"Level-5 apologized on September 17 for errors from generative AI and human mistakes in promotional videos shown at LEVEL5 VISION 2026 II. It will limit AI to efficiency work and avoid direct use in footage delivered to users. Representative Akihiro Hino had said on X on September 12 that he added AI processing for a flashier presentation, while stressing that scenarios, character designs, and settings are made by humans.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"ASCII.jp\",\"url\":\"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/435/4435575/?rss\",\"title\":\"Level-5 Apologizes for \\\"Careless AI Use,\\\" Moving Toward Not Using AI Directly in User-Facing Footage\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4649,"outputTokens":613,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789608565,"createdAt":"2026-09-17T01:24:17.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-17T01:28:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-17T01:28:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_a608da243537f7c5b99c3d1c","canonicalTitle":"レベルファイブ「安易なAI使用」を謝罪　ユーザー向け映像ではAIを直接使わない方向へ","representativeArticleId":"a_e2df4e2860d7a9408bd64d42","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[\"Level-5\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"industry\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-17T00:35:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-17T00:35:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-17T01:28:21.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"ASCII.jp","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/435/4435575/?rss","title":"レベルファイブ「安易なAI使用」を謝罪　ユーザー向け映像ではAIを直接使わない方向へ"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":["Level-5"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"industry","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}