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With the sheer amount of filters and photo editing apps available to users, it can be difficult to tell what’s real and what’s fake on social media these days.
But a DailyMail.com investigation has found a burgeoning world of scantily clad AI influencers scamming desperate men for money.
Earlier this week, a 19-year-old blonde bombshell known as Milla Sofia made headlines when she was revealed to have been artificially generated.
Since then, we’ve discovered dozens of digital influencers on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter who often have fake names and elaborate backstories, jobs, and interests. AI-generated photos show them on fake vacations.
These rising stars – who have hundreds of thousands of followers combined – get the admiration and money of real men.
Some AI influencers like Andrea look like real people smiling at the camera. Andrea has a Patreon page that charges for AI nude photos
Zoey Platinum claims to be a 21-year-old woman who is originally from Los Angeles, California and recently moved to Brooklyn, New York
Andrea is a brown-haired beauty with over 30,000 followers on Twitter/X who comment on her lewd photos. She includes her PayPal account information in her bio and offers nude photos for Patreon subscribers.
Andrea’s Patreon offers scheduling options for chatting with her, and for $300 a month, she’ll “basically be your online girlfriend.”
The human creators of these AI influencers are unknown faces on the internet, pushing out content only to probably live a life they had only dreamed of.
Milla Sofia is an aspiring fashion model with a portfolio of portraits that shows her tanning in Bora Bora, taking in the views in Greece and working at a corporate office.
She made headlines this week futurism discovered her existence online.
Some AI-generated personas, such as Miquela Sousa, have been revealed to be marketing stunts turned into gold mines.
Miquela has starred in ad campaigns for big brands like Prada and Balenciaga, been interviewed by Vogue and named one of the 25 Most Influential People on the Internet by Time magazine.
The forever 19-year-old is the brainchild of Trevor McFedries and Sara DeCou, founders of fashion brand BRUD, who unleashed the AI teen in 2019.
At first, her creators liked to tease her followers and take advantage of the confusion. “Is she human?” asked a distressed Instagram user. “Why do you look like a doll?” demanded another.
“She’s kind of a cute fashion model,” someone claimed. “Obviously it’s a robot,” said another.
In the end, fans got to hear the truth, or at least part of it. “I’m not human,” Miquela confessed on her page. She said her “hands” were shaking as she “wrote” the post.
One of these digital designs, Milla Sofia, is an aspiring fashion model with a portfolio of portraits
A virtual influencer named Deanna Ritter doesn’t hide the fact that she doesn’t exist in the real world, but isn’t shy about asking fans for money. But it’s no secret that AI created her – her fingers don’t look like a real human’s
Celestia claims to be a visionary 19-year-old virtual influencer who is redefining creativity in the digital world
However, Miquela may not be as convincing as the latest stream of AI influencers interacting with followers with a human touch.
Most AI influencers are big breasted and blonde – only a handful found by DailyMail.com are brunettes.
A virtual influencer named Deanna Ritter doesn’t hide the fact that she doesn’t exist in the real world, but isn’t shy about asking fans for money.
The creator has set up a CashApp, Tips and Donation page and app to buy the blonde a cup of coffee – one of her supporters bought her five cups.
Deanna claims to be from Seattle, Washington and has over 92,000 followers on X.
On July 26, Deanna shared a photo of herself wearing a Mariners baseball jersey while standing on a green field.
One user commented, ‘You’ll pitch great; baby.’
And other male users shared, “I’m sure there will be plenty of wood on that field, and I’m not talking about baseball bats.”
Some AI-generated personas, such as Miquela Sousa, have been revealed to be marketing stunts turned into gold mines
Alexis Ivyedge’s page states that she is a virtual influencer and model living in Denver, Colorado. Her Instagram has over 28,000 followers and she says she is a ‘bikini and lingerie lover’
With 14,000 X followers, Natalia Novak claims to be a 21-year-old virtual influencer from Los Angeles, California
While the blue-eyed blonde has a beautiful smile, some of her images are a dead giveaway that she’s AI.
One in particular is of her with bizarre-looking fingers that bend in a way they shouldn’t.
Midjourny, Stable Diffusion and DALL-E 2 are just image generating systems trained on thousands of existing images, allowing them to learn how to reproduce different styles, textures and elements.
However, they all seem to have one thing wrong: people’s hands.
A Stability AI spokesperson told BuzzFeed News: “It is common knowledge within AI datasets that human images depict hands less visibly than faces.
“Hands are also often much smaller in the source images, as they are relatively rarely visible in large form.”
With 14,000 X followers, Natalia Novak claims to be a 21-year-old virtual influencer from Los Angeles, California.
Natalia also has a tip jar and a Patreon account where users can pay $9.99 or $14 per month for exclusive content.
Alexis Ivyedge (left) shared a photo of her with another AI model named Aimee Seltz (right)
Sarah Jordan, also an AI influencer, is “Australian made.” She has more than 266,000 followers on Instagram
Lizzy Monagan doesn’t have a bio on X or Instagram but has gained quite a following. She recently shared a portrait of herself with her long, wavy red hair worn in the wind
While some social media users have guessed that the stunning portraits are too good to be true, others have fallen for these mystical digital beauties.
Men flock to these images to express their love for what appear to be young women — some even asking for a hookup or a date.
On July 19, Milla posted a photo of herself in a white bikini standing on a balcony in Santorini.
“I’m ‘Greek’ figuring out how to leave this paradise,” the post on her X account reads.
‘Thanks for another great view of Santorini! You look fabulous, amazing, beautiful, beautiful, gorgeous, stunning and breathtaking in a white bikini,” commented one X user.
“There’s a perfect woman,” one male user commented over another image of Milla.
Alexis Ivyedge is a prominent social media AI figure with 33,000 X followers and over 28,000 on Instagram.
Her bio states that she is a bikini and lingerie lover but is open that she is a virtual model.
What makes her even more convincing is that she shared a photo of herself with another AI influencer on X.
‘Happy Friday! I had a great time with my beautiful sister @AimeeSeltz at this prom. I love you sister,” the message reads.
It features Aimee Seltz, another digital woman from Adelaide, South Australia.
Aimee has more than 12,000 followers on Instagram, where she recently shared a photo of herself and her grandmother, which was also AI-generated.
“Today I got to catch up with my amazing grandma for her 90th birthday,” the caption reads.
Lizzy Monagan doesn’t have a bio on X or Instagram but has gained quite a following.
She recently shared a portrait of herself with her long, wavy red hair worn in the wind.
‘Good morning, beautiful Lizzy, I wish you a nice day sweetheart. I could just get lost in those totally dreamy eyes of your eternal sweetness,” one user commented.
However, another user didn’t like the image and asked, “Are you real or AI?”
Several AI influencers have been verified on X and Instagram, making it more difficult for some users to determine what is digital or reality.