From the article.
> While we also found Native American, Hispanic, and white women characters, the most viewed and engaged-with AI-generated characters found by The Verge are Black women.
> While we also found Native American, Hispanic, and white women characters, the most viewed and engaged-with AI-generated characters found by The Verge are Black women.
Over here in Europe I see exactly zero of these ads with black people in them, but I see a plenty of these ads.
I'm not 100% sure but I think ad transparency was enforced in Europe after the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
Having different ethnic people targets different demographics. We hear about people from various groups wanting this and now someone is doing it.
They seem to be getting traction by doing this. If it works for them others will follow.