Nothing says "we're a reliable business deserving of your money" like using A.I. garbage to promote a show-exclusive figure.
Mind, it's not as bad as a company being run by a guy with white supremacist sympathies, but it's still shameful loser behaviour.
(Also, it's not the con itself using it, rather the parent company, but is that really a difference?)
Pretty sure they were also pushing NFTs hard a few years ago, so jumping onto the next stupid trend isn't to surprising.
Yes, and crypto and the blockchain before that. They'll fall for anything.