Overview
- Viewers identified a Google Gemini logo around the 23-second mark in a shot of a man loading a firearm in the trailer released January 3.
- Screen recordings and screenshots circulated across X, Reddit, and YouTube, with many criticizing the lapse as poor quality control.
- By Sunday morning, the publicly available trailer no longer displayed the logo, indicating a quiet correction by the team.
- The production has issued no statement and has neither confirmed nor denied the use of AI for the flagged shot.
- The incident has shifted discussion to transparency and editing standards as the high-profile Vijay film approaches its January 9 theatrical release.