An AI character created for education has been transformed into a political meme spreading across Europe, largely associated ...

At first glance, Amelia, with her purple bob and pixie-girl looks, seems an unlikely candidate for the far right to adopt as an increasingly popular meme.

An AI character from a UK anti-extremism game went viral as a politial meme, showing how generative tools can fuel influence, ...

UK schoolgirl game character Amelia co-opted by far-right ...

The avatar, created to deter young people from extremism, has been subverted and is breaking out of niche online silos ...

Amelia started her life as part of a counter-terror video game funded by the Home Office before being hijacked ...

Static memes still make a humorous point, but they tend to get lost on platforms set up for motion. Video memes are much more effective, since they introduce a rhythm or a pause. Even a brief clip ...

Amelia is designed as a virtual character. This AI-generated goth girl with purple hair is not only trending on X and ...

In a Japanese shop selling pocket-money trinkets, there is a rack of toys, stickers and keyrings based on a global crew of AI-generated characters that almost every child knows about -- and very few ...

Cartoonish AI creatures have fast become memes, inspiring a stream of new content such as “Brainrot Rap,” viewed 116 million times on YouTube. School-age Italian ...