Danny Bones: the AI rapper funded by a far-right party
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
Advance UK has hired the mystery ‘collective’ behind Danny Bones, a white-nationalist musician and activist – who isn’t real
  • Advance UK paid a secretive AI operation to make its political campaign content
  • The same group created Danny Bones, a white-nationalist rapper whose videos target Muslims. They have been viewed millions of times
  • Experts said this could mark new ground in the use of AI tools for political ends
        • Brewchin@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          6 days ago

          From OP’s linked article:

          [The same people use] a second AI persona, a young purple-haired woman called Amelia, who appears in various Danny Bones videos and standalone clips. The character was originally created by the political and media literacy organisation Shout Out UK for a Home Office-funded video game designed to steer teenagers away from extremism – but was then co-opted by the online far right and became a viral sensation.

          So yes, I guess “she” is. (Assuming Amelia and Emilia are the same persona; I didn’t check).

          • BlackLaZoR@lemmy.worldEnglish
            14·
            6 days ago

            Yeah I misremembered name.

            It’s a Streisand effect of horrible UK government propaganda game. It was so incomprehensively bad that it was turned into meme