{
  "id": 171386,
  "title": "Eli Roth Admits ‘Ice Cream Man’ Features Generative AI After He “Mispoke” About Using The Technology",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/eli-roth-admits-ice-cream-man-features-generative-ai-after-he-mispoke",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-05T10:11:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/eli-roth-admits-ice-cream-man-uses-generative-ai-1237018328/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ice Cream Man features a scoop of AI. That’s the revelation from horror director Eli Roth after he admitted to adopting the technology in a “few scenes” of the slasher film, despite initially saying that animated sequences were brought to life traditionally. In an interview on Monday, the Hostel helmer was asked if he used […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}