Marvel has denied that it used AI to craft a new poster for The Fantastic Four: First Steps, despite some fans raising suspicions.On Tuesday (February 4), the first trailer for the upcoming entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) was released, causing many fans to overflow with excitement and asking, “Is Marvel back?”.The film stars Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Stranger Things star Joseph Quinn as the titular quartet, a group of superpowered scientists that are being incorporated into the MCU for the first time.Along with the trailer, the film’s initial poster was also shared on Tuesday, and some fans have speculated that the studio might have employed artificial intelligence in its design. Among causes of the suspicions are a character apparently sporting four fingers instead of five and two characters with the same replicated face.See the poster here:The Wrap reached out to Marvel representatives for a reaction to the backlash, and the studio confirmed that AI was not used in the poster’s creation.The film is due to be released on July 25 and has been made possible by Marvel’s parent company Disney acquiring 20th Century Fox in 2019.