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Author: Samantha Edwards
Publication Date: January 2, 2025 - 09:00
The rise of the AI influencer
January 2, 2025
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Aitana Lopez’s Instagram feed is a stream of perfectly-coiffed wavy pink hair, elaborate gaming set-ups, selfies in sports bras and photoshoots on yachts and tropical locales. “Looking at these pictures and I can’t help but miss summer, sun and those endless beach days,” reads one caption.Her grid looks like every other lifestyle influencer du jour – highly stylized, aspirational and photoshopped, with plenty of conspicuous product placements – but there’s a difference. And you can spot it in the Instagram bio: “AI influencer.”
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