"AI Mickey Mouse with teeth is my new fear. Change that thumbnail immediately,"
"AI thumbnail, because you def don't have enough to pay artists,"
"Y'all make how much? You can't afford someone to make a thumbnail for you?"
Disney promoted a sponsored YouTube challenge thumbnail that used AI-generated imagery of Mickey Mouse. The thumbnail accompanied a Dude Perfect video about visiting all Disney theme parks and showed Garrett Hilbert alongside an uncanny Mickey with waxy skin and human-like teeth. Fans reacted with shock and anger, criticizing the use of AI art instead of commissioned artwork or a video screenshot. The AI design followed cliched YouTube thumbnail tropes but deviated from Disney's polished character art. The controversy intensified because Disney recently issued a large cease-and-desist to Character.AI, raising questions about corporate consistency and the normalization of AI in creative work.
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