NVIDIA DLSS 5.0 Bad AI Face Tech Is Being Mocked Worldwide

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Published Mar 16, 2026, 7:13 PM EDT

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NVIDIA has revealed its new DLSS 5 AI-powered face technology, and it has already become the laughingstock of the Internet because of how terrible it looks, especially compared to the images it's supposedly improving.

In an effort to justify the ungodly amount of money pumped into billion-dollar investments, there has been a push to shove AI into gaming as much as possible. Microsoft is a huge proponent of this, bringing Copilot to Xbox games to help people who can't be bothered playing.

The latest botched attempt at AI-inclusion has been posted to the official NVIDIA GeForce Now YouTube channel, featuring an announcement for DLSS 5 AI-powered technology, which does some questionable things to existing games.

NVIDIA's DLSS 5 Face Tech Looks Terrible

The DLSS 5 AI tech can change a video game character's face in real time, making them look like one of those bad AI "make yourself into a model" photos that people share on Facebook. It's bad enough when family members do it, but NVIDIA wants to bring it to iconic video game characters, showing poor AI renderings of Grace and Leon from Resident Evil: Requiem.

Naturally, this trailer has led to people mocking the DLSS 5 tech online, with the YouTube video's own comment section comparing the changes to how animated characters look in the adverts of adult sites, and how everyone has been turned into handsome Squidward.

The DLSS 5 AI tech can change a video game character's face in real time, making them look like one of those bad AI "make yourself into a model" photos that people share on Facebook.

NVIDIA's own comment on the video clarified that the tech will be fully controlled by the developers, who can decide on things like color intensity for their changes. Hopefully, Capcom isn't taken over by the actual Umbrella Corporation and decides to eschew this technology.

NVIDIA's DLSS 5 tech feels like another attempt to force AI into video games when there's no real need. The character models they showcased looked perfectly fine and represented an actual artist's vision, not some bad slop prompts that looked like they took designs from Elsa Pregnancy shorts.