Yeah if you have a copyright on the character, the AI generated image doesn’t change that. It doesn’t give you more of less protection than you already had.

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beej71 2 hours ago | parent [-]

IANAL but this sounds more like trademark territory.

	▲	sarchertech 8 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		You can also trademark a character if it’s used as a brand identifier in commerce. There are far more characters protected by copyright than trademark.