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Virtual Influencer — how AI is changing marketing

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Emilie Häberle
February 4, 2025

Pretty, perfect, and completely fake: AI generated models are all over social media, and they're getting more sophisticated. Can people even distinguish between real and computer-generated models? What are the risks involved for society?

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