By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2026-08-14 16:45:00 | Updated at 2026-08-14 19:14:02
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Bama Rush 2026 is in full swing, but there is a shocking new addition to the gaggle of girls going through recruitment this year at the University of Alabama.
Back in 2021, a series of young women who were trying to join the University of Alabama's Panhellenic community documented their road to being accepted into one of the 18 different sororities at the school, and uploaded it all to TikTok under the hashtag #BamaRush.
Since then, each time August rolls around, #BamaRush goes viral once again, as a whole new set of freshmen hopefuls at the University of Alabama and other southern schools vie for the chance to be accepted into the sororities on campus.
Young women like Kylan Darnell have seen their careers take off overnight as their following count skyrocketed simply by showing off their outfits during the lengthy process.
This year, in a sea of bottle blonde sorority girls wearing their best preppy outfits, one potential new member (or PNM) has particularly stood out, and it's not because she has the most expensive sundress or the best dance moves.
The redhead, known as 'Janie B,' posted her first TikTok at the beginning of rush and since then, her presence has completely divided the internet.
While many of her followers have either praising her 'authenticity,' others claimed that there was something off about the mysterious sorority hopeful.
It turns out that those who detected something ominous about Janie B were right because the social media star is actually not a real person at all, the content is completely AI-generated.
Bama Rush 2026 is in full swing. One hopeful sorority pledge, known as Peach, showed off her Bama Rush outfit earlier this week
But there is a shocking new addition to the gaggle of girls going through recruitment this year at the University of Alabama: a redhead named Janie B who turned out to be AI-generated
In her opening video, 'Janie' talked viewers through her outfit, declaring her skirt was from J. Crew, her top was courtesy of Abercrombie & Fitch and her sneakers were from Nike.
But like most AI content, there were no labels on anything she was wearing. AI image generators tend to struggle to create brand names or logos because they believe they are visual patterns.
While some commenters immediately recognized that Janie was created using artificial intelligence, others were simply cheering her on, calling her 'adorable,' 'authentic' and 'cutesy' while praising her outfit.
'Chickened out and deleted this earlier but day one down… hopefully a bunch of days to go,' read the caption of the post.
In the second post, it became even more evident that Janie was actually artificially created.
Janie approached the camera while wearing what was meant to be a shirt given to her from the school. Instead of saying the University of Alabama on it, however, the shirt contained random symbols that weren't even letters.
Still, many of her followers were convinced the video was real, proclaiming, 'I love her,' and, 'You're going to crush it!'
However, the account did not, in fact, crush it, as Janie took to TikTok to post a crying picture and claimed she had been dropped from Rush week for posting videos about the house rankings.
In the second post, it became even more obvious she was was artificially created as the letters on her shirt were illegible
Many potential new members have gone viral for their outfits and gained thousands of followers as well as lucrative brand deals
Janie quickly became a hot topic on Reddit, where people wondered who was behind the account.
'They're making AI PNMs now?' a confused Reddit user asked.
Commenters wondered if it was a quest to get brand deals, a teenage girl who wanted to go through recruitment, a mom watching from the sidelines or an in-the-know sorority alum.
One commenter explained that they knew immediately that it was not real because of 'the overall frumpiness of the whole outfit,' adding that 'Bama rush girls would never' wear something like that.
'I keep commenting about AI and the comments are getting deleted,' another person claimed, which was echoed repeatedly.
The Daily Mail reached out to 'Janie' to request an interview, and she appeared interested until we asked who was behind the account.
