The AI-generated trailer for GTA 6 is going viral

An AI-generated trailer for Rockstar Games' upcoming Grand Theft Auto (GTA) 6 has gone viral on social media as fans await the release of the second trailer.

The developer released the first and only official trailer for the highly anticipated game last year, showing that GTA 6 will be set in a fictional Vice City reminiscent of Miami and will feature the first playable female character in the franchise.

As the wait for the second trailer continues, fans of GTA 6 recreated the first trailer using artificial intelligence and it has since gone viral on social media platforms.

A Reddit post showed a video comparing the actual GTA 6 trailer with a fan edit using AI.

The viral video shows side-by-side clips of the opening scene with the titular character Lucia in prison as she and Jason enter the store, and the scene of the busy street on Ocean Drive, among other things.

While the video is full of oversaturated colors, the trailer is considered impressive on a technical level.

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However, fans criticized the viral recreation of the trailer for the sixth installment of the Grand Theft Auto series.

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“You can keep the AI. “Rockstar artists will bring us a unique experience that AI can never achieve, no matter how advanced the algorithm,” one user wrote.

“This is just the beginning. In a year or two we will be able to generate these images in real time at 60 frames per second or more. This means we can play GTA 5 and 6 with real graphics,” another pinned.

“Someone ran game footage through an AI program, that's literally everything, and it looks like crap lol. The actual game running on the right gear will look infinitely better,” a third user wrote.

It's worth noting that Rockstar Games' parent company, Take-Two Interactive, announced earlier this year that GTA 6 would be released in fall 2025.

Rockstar Games later announced that GTA 6 would be coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, but no release date for a PC version was announced.