Nowadays, you don’t even need to be a real person to get into a social media fight…
In case you aren’t familiar, Lil Miquela (insert, above) is described by Refinery29 as a “19-year-old Brazilian-American Instagram ‘influencer,’ model, and occasional pop singer.”‘ Despite being computer-generated, Miquela acts like a living, breathing human being; she takes selfies, leans against cars, and hangs out with her friends at bars.
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Sadly, on Tuesday, the popular personality apparently got hacked by another CGI Insta model who just so happens to support Donald Trump. Introducing…
Bermuda!
Not only did Miquela’s photos get mysteriously deleted, Bermuda popped up on her Insta page with a creepy AF message!
That same day, Miquela confirmed the hack on Twitter:
While Miquela generally pretends to be a real person, Bermuda is upfront with the fact that she was created by a company called Cain Intelligence apparently run by a guy named Daniel Cain. According to its website, the entity describes itself as “leaders in machine learning and artificial intelligence,” who endorsed Trump in the 2016 election.
Bermuda — who has beefed with Miquela since September of last year — takes issue with the fact that some people believe her rival could actually be a real person.
Speaking of Miquela’s identity, one day before Bermuda’s takeover, a Twitter user potentially discovered the key to unlocking the model’s true nature.
Ronnie Blawko — who appears to be another CGI social media personality — follows Brud, a problem solving technology company, that Miquela tags in her photos.
Is Brud or Ronnie Blawko the key to figuring out Miquela’s real self?? Who knows!
After the news of Bermuda’s hack broke out, Paper magazine published a potential political theory regarding the drama. They wrote:
“At this point, little is clear. Whether this is the work of marketing geniuses, constructing a spectacular scam to bring attention to both the pages of Lil Miquela and Bermuda (who goes by bermudaisbae), all the while analyzing how we react online to racially ambiguous, beautiful, stylish, ‘Black Lives Matter’ supporter versus a pro-gun, Tomi Lahren-loving, Aryan Republican, or a genuine ‘hack’ by a graphic designer or two hungry for attention, we just don’t know.”‘
Weird, weird, weird…
[Image via Lil Miquela/Instagram.]