AI-generated British schoolgirl becomes far-right social media meme

An AI-generated character named Amelia, originally created for a UK Home Office counter-extremism video game, has become a far-right meme on social media platforms like X and Facebook. These memes, often featuring Amelia as a purple-haired "goth girl" with a Union Jack, depict her expressing anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim views in various scenarios. Users are leveraging AI tools like Grok to create diverse iterations of Amelia, including manga and "real-life" encounters with fictional characters, spreading far-right messaging beyond niche online communities. The character's unexpected transformation into a far-right symbol has surprised even the creators of the original game, which aimed to deter young people from extremism. Disinformation analysts are monitoring the spread of these AI-generated memes.

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