A look at the rise of AI-generated virtual influencers, with some charging thousands of dollars to promote products, leading to concerns from human influencers
Hyper-realistic ‘virtual influencers’ are being used to promote leading brands — drawing ire from human content creators
Financial Times Cristina Criddle
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@librarianshipwreck@mastodon.social
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Every day it becomes clearer and clearer that the high-tech dystopia that awaits us looks more like the banal horror of Black Mirror than the apocalyptic deathscape of Terminator... https://arstechnica.com/...
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@gunblaze1969
@gunblaze1969
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WOW! The non-existent AI model Aitana Lopez, known as Fit Ana from Barcelona, has amassed over 240k Instagram followers in less than six months. Generating $4,000 monthly from advertising. https://www.instagram.com/... [image]
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@jaroslawmarciuk
@jaroslawmarciuk
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Hyper-realistic ‘virtual influencers’ are being used to promote leading brands — drawing ire from human content creators. How AI-created fakes are taking business from online influencers. https://www.ft.com/...
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@jimharris
@jimharris
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Meet Aitana, the Spanish #AI model earning $1,000 per Instagram post from brands like @VictoriasSecret @Brandy_Spain @GUESS Aitana López is a 25-year-old pink haired AI generated influencer. Created by Rubeñ Cruz, founder of the Barcelona-based modeling agency The Clueless... [im…
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@alexisgoncalves
Alexis Goncalves
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This rise of Virtual Influencers 1⃣ Aitana Lopez, with her distinctive pink hair, has amassed over 200,000 social media followers. Her posts often feature selfies from various events and her own room, frequently showcasing products from brands like Olaplex, a haircare company,...…
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@rizstanford
Riz Virk
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Virtual influencers today are not really AI - they are mostly driven by humans, but provide the seeds for VAGi, or virtual AGI that will come before general AGI, in my opinion...here's why 👇🏽 Unlike virtual influencers, which aren't that smart, AI avatars ("Aivies"), or virtual..…
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@brianroemmele
Brian Roemmele
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“AI-created ‘virtual influencers’ are stealing business from humans” It will reach over $1 billion dollars earned by folks in industrial enterprises you will never hear about or see. It is end of the road for some folks. Article: https://www.ft.com/...