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The Unbelievable Truth About Her.
Artificial intelligence, after threatening to replace humans in sectors from law to academia, is now coming for our influencer gigs too.
Meet Mia Zelu, an AI-powered social media star who’s gained over 150,000 Instagram followers by sharing alluring photos of herself at tennis events and other locations.
In a recent Instagram post, the hyperrealistic blonde bombshell was spotted courtside at the All England Club during Wimbledon, sipping Pimm’s, a drink synonymous with the tournament.
Another showed the tennis influencer — whose creator is unclear — in the stands during a match.
Her photos aren’t the only things that are super naturalistic — Zelu also “uploads” surprisingly heartfelt and human-seeming messages as well.
“You know what’s exhausting? Pretending you’re okay while you’re slowly burning out,” the fictional content creator shared in a post, accompanied by a photo of her in jean shorts at a cafe. “Smiling in messages, staying ‘productive,’ answering ‘all good!’ while everything feels off.”
She added, “We’ve all done it. Some of us are still doing it. Because being honest feels risky. Because we don’t want to seem weak or dramatic. Because it’s just easier.”
Zelu even has a “sister” named Ana, who’s brunette and has amassed 266,000 followers on the platform by posting similarly glamorous snaps.
Despite the fact that Zelu discloses that she’s “AI” in her Insta profile, thousands of admirers liked her post and even posted fawning replies such as “you look stunning” and “will you marry me.”
Some even inquired about her “skin care routine,” although its yet unclear how many of these replies were posted in jest.
However, some hawk-eyed viewers noticed that Indian cricket star Rishabh Pant had liked many of her posts, leading them to believe that he’d been “catfished.”
“Rishabh Pant thinks he’s interacting with a real girl, totally oblivious to the fact that it’s an AI,” criticized one, while another scoffed, “Someone should probably tell Rishabh Pant that this is an AI account…’
Coincidentally, Pant’s likes of Velu’s posts are no longer visible on Instagram and he has yet to weigh in on the backlash, the Daily Mail reported.
Zelu is one of a growing roster of AI-nfluencers flooding the market. Last year, virtual influencer Alba Renai went viral after getting hired as the first non-human host on a weekly special segment of “Survivor” in Spain.
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