A fan account dedicated to Grand Theft Auto (GTA) 6, which had spent the past few months sharing fake AI-generated photos designed to copy leaked screenshots from the game, has now received a cease and desist notice from Take-Two Interactive.
The account, known as GTASixJoker, publicly apologised on X on April 24, 2026, admitting that the AI-generated content used copyrighted material from Rockstar Games and that the images risked confusing fans with authentic leaks.
Since the release of the first GTA 6 trailer in December 2023, a whole industry of AI-generated “leaks” has surfaced on social media.
These range from obvious fake images with prominent AI artifacts to more advanced compositions that use Rockstar’s copyrighted assets, character likenesses, logo designs, and visual aesthetics to produce content that can be genuinely challenging to differentiate from actual development materials at first glance, employing tools against which Take-Two had initiated legal proceedings earlier this year.
The involved account admitted to using copyrighted Rockstar material in its AI-generated works, which appears to be the boundary that Take-Two and Rockstar are establishing.
GTA 6 publisher warns against unauthorised use of game imagery
Take-Two is strongly opposed to any unauthorised use of GTA 6 intellectual property, irrespective of whether it originates from modders, restaurant proprietors, or fan accounts making use of AI technologies.
According to critics, the involvement of AI adds a layer of complexity to this case beyond a typical IP enforcement action, as it highlights a conflict that the entire gaming industry will need to confront, if it is not already doing so.
AI image generators do not produce content from thin air.
They are developed using existing images. When an individual instructs an AI to generate “a screenshot from GTA 6 depicting Lucia walking through Leonida at night,” the model relies on its training data, which includes Rockstar’s copyrighted trailer footage, promotional artwork, and in-game screenshots that have been extracted from the internet and used in the model’s training dataset.
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